Acrylic on Canvas
On a rainy night in summer, the tree frogs that live on the property with me serenade each other with such volume that you can barely hear yourself think. They come out to enjoy the water… and other things, and often deposit their progeny in the worst possible places. I’ve relocated several rounds of doomed tadpoles from watery spots in my garden to a fish tank in my house. If they haven’t finished doing their metamorphosis thing by cold weather, they graduate to a vivarium and are released when the weather is more hospitable for a tiny little frog. I really want them to come back next year!
The dahlias in this painting came from the same garden. Here they sit in a bottle on my deck, where the mid-morning sun streams in with a vengeance. At just the right moment, the petals light up with an otherworldly glow, and the glass bottle becomes a composition of liquidy color and line. The long shadows are almost as beautiful as the flowers themselves, but to me, the most endearing part of the painting is finding the little green creatures hidden in the bloom. Tree frogs often seek respite amongst the flowers in my garden. “Tiny Houses” shows them at rest and owns up to my complete adoration of these elegant little amphibians.
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Acrylic on Canvas
On a rainy night in summer, the tree frogs that live on the property with me serenade each other with such volume that you can barely hear yourself think. They come out to enjoy the water… and other things, and often deposit their progeny in the worst possible places. I’ve relocated several rounds of doomed tadpoles from watery spots in my garden to a fish tank in my house. If they haven’t finished doing their metamorphosis thing by cold weather, they graduate to a vivarium and are released when the weather is more hospitable for a tiny little frog. I really want them to come back next year!
The dahlias in this painting came from the same garden. Here they sit in a bottle on my deck, where the mid-morning sun streams in with a vengeance. At just the right moment, the petals light up with an otherworldly glow, and the glass bottle becomes a composition of liquidy color and line. The long shadows are almost as beautiful as the flowers themselves, but to me, the most endearing part of the painting is finding the little green creatures hidden in the bloom. Tree frogs often seek respite amongst the flowers in my garden. “Tiny Houses” shows them at rest and owns up to my complete adoration of these elegant little amphibians.
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