Crescent

New Orleans is also known as "The Crescent City." It has to do with the way the Mississippi River curves around the city. Therefore I decided to play with the shape of a crescent.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

River

In this painting I referred to a map of New Orleans and adjacent areas to paint land and water. Again, I used white paint to destroy my shapes. Next I painted back into the shapes created by the destruction.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Mask

My title tells you it's a mask. I simply painted the shapes and then destroyed them with white paint. It gives the image a smoky look.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Hurricane

Following the trumpet, I painted my version of New Orleans drink served at Pat O'Brien's, The Hurricane. I figured this would be an appropriate painting to feature given that August is an active month for hurricanes.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Trumpet

In several of the art studio courses I took at Mississippi State, I was encouraged to render an image, destroy it and then work back into it. That’s just what I did here. Only this time I decided to explore imagery that was typical of New Orleans culture, jazz. It so happened I was working on a flyer for jazz musician about this time. It included a trumpet.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

City Lights

Driving around on a rainy night, I was fixated with stop lights as
seen through a rain droplets on my windshield. This painting was my attempt to depict what I saw. I used stencils and then let drops of paints go where they wanted on top. I then accented the lightest and darkest areas. I include the photo below to give a sense of what I saw.


acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"


digital photo

Water Dots

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

Liquid Planes

This is a further exploration of "Illuminated Planes."


acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

Illuminated Planes

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

Sunset

acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Dusk

acryllic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Overcast

acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"