Pumpkin time!

I've been painting pumpkins since my high school days for the Leta Pumpkin Express. Despite being so busy this time of year, I always make the time to do it because it brings something out of me that lays dormant for a long time- my love to paint for myself.  Don't get me wrong, I paint as a teacher and paint as an artist assistant for Bernard Maisner studio, so it's not like I put the brush down for a long time. I just don't paint using my own ideas, my own paints and on my own time. This year I can add the babadook, The Shining and Nosferatu to my list of painted pumpkins.

You can check out other pumpkins I've painted on one of my previous post here.

http://pumpkinexpress.org

New Art and New Craft

I try to put aside some time each afternoon to make and create, especially when I was preparing for my solo show in Asbury Park. Here's some finished and unfinished projects.

Sneak peak

Finished in a floater frame.  It started out as a self portrait and evolved from there.

My largest canvas since College, approx 5 feet high, "Eve's Temptation"

Something new and crafty but a work in progress. I've become increasingly interested in mosaics and have been doing some reading on using cement for outdoor mosaics.  I picked up a great book by Isaiah Zagar and read that on the way to New York yesterday. If mosaics are something you're into, I highly recommend looking him up.