July 2020 Art

I am proud of these:

Honestly, I think this is far as I can go with colored pencil.

Realism meets Abstraction

I find myself enjoying some of the occasional fanciful pictures that I draw, especially those that reach from abstract color patterns back towards the real scenes that could have inspired them. I also enjoy the real scenes I do that try to bring out some abstract version of the reality being depicted - simplifying and abstracting.
So perhaps there is something to the idea of a place where realism and abstraction meet - in the ideas of the artist and the 'story' they are depicting. These are things a painting cannot derive from a photograph. The artist must intervene to create objects and colors.

More scenes around Woods Hole

Storm approaching

At dory beach

Falmouth Marina

Water, around town

So many people down here on Cape Cod that it is not easy to find a place to park and draw pictures. Also, I am repeating subjects. I remain fascinated with ripples.

 Quisset Harbor

 Behind Swope

 Chappaquoit Beach

 Behind Redfield

Falmouth Marina

Squash flowers

Pictures around 103 Gardiner Rd Woods Hole

I go for a while doing mediocre pictures, then do a couple of nicer ones. Immediately I return to doing junk. Seems like I like to do circular objects.