10-31-11. Hibiscus 19.

Graham Co., AZ (Peridot 5)

"Graham Co., AZ (Peridot 5)". 16x20", oil on canvas. For sale on Etsy.

This fifth painting in the Peridot series moves away from the actual town of Peridot, AZ. Peridot is still referenced by the tiny chemical formula for peridot hanging inside the print shop window. This time, the Google Street View source is in Safford, the county seat of Graham County, Arizona. I virtually "drove around" Safford, taking screen shots of several interesting buildings. I settled on the building with the most pleasing and simple geometry. I also liked the old motel sign on the right and the row of neat palm trees on the left. I enhanced the actual colors of the building. Safford has an unusually large number of thin Mediterranean cypresses, but I didn't find a good composition that included them.

10-30-11. Hibiscus 18.

10-29-11. Hibiscus 17.

10-28-11. Hibiscus 16.

10-27-11. Hibiscus 15.

10-26-11. Hibiscus 14.

Hibiscus

"Hibiscus", oil on canvas, 16x20". For sale on Etsy.

For this painting, I combined a photograph of a hibiscus plant with some computer wallpaper patterns composed of stylized hibiscus flowers. All of these were found through a Yahoo search by using Spezify. As a companion for this piece, there will be a book of 31 drawings of hibiscus flowers by me. This book is still being completed. I'm about halfway done with the drawings. When the book is complete, I plan to sell one copy of the book at a time through Etsy.

10-25-11. Hibiscus 13.

10-24-11. Hibiscus 12.

10-23-11. Vancouver, day 3.

10-22-11. Vancouver, day 2.

10-21-11. Vancouver, day 1.

My internet access was unexpectedly very limited during this trip to Canada, so posts are going to be rougher than usual for the next couple of days.

10-20-11. Seattle, day 3.

10-19-11. Seattle, day 2.

10-18-11. Seattle, day 1.

10-17-11. Hibiscus 11.

10-16-11. Hibiscus 10.

10-15-11. Hibiscus 9.

10-14-11. Hibiscus 8.