ON SIMONTON STREET

I SET

out a fresh bowl of water several times a day

at my studio.

Simonton Street runs parallel to

very busy Duval Street

and many locals prefer to walk here with their dogs.

It's very crowded as New Year's approaches...

YESTERDAY....

THE 28TH...

TODAY

is the 28th of December.

I have crisp new felt pens

for calligraphy

at my studio

in Key West.

We are one of the warmest places

in the country which makes

a happy holiday for all the tourists.

"SMACKEREL"

LIPS

like these were made to be kissed.

Mixed on rag board.

Print available.

"PAPA CAT"

SECOND

edition with enhanced collage corners.

But

still 24 toes....

"BERRY-LY HUNGRY"

WATERCOLOR

over oil pastel resist.

"TRANCE"

THIS IS TUCKER
artfully arranged near
my giclee called
"TRANCE".

IT's
a very sweet  and clever portrait;
Tucker is so obloging.
I mean obliging.

Thanks for the cheer, Jen Shook!

SAINT FRANCIS, seated

"FRANCIS"

is a full sheet watercolor.

Collage of two pieces

of rag paper.

He is feeding two birds.

They look like very detailed woodblock prints;

I used really fine brushes.

And a razor for the" cracked" paper.

A closer look at his profile.

There is fine pattern in the fabric designs.

There is a little Italian hill-town, too.

I rarely paint pure watercolor these days

so this is fun to see.

"PAPA CAT II"

"PAPA CAT'

has been very popular

at the studio.

The 25 prints are nearly gone;

 I just sold the original as well. 

I have altered the image with a collage

border and will do a second edition.

"GRATIS"

"GRATIS"

Here's a new painting on collage.

A little bird at his begging bowl.

The alley by

the studio

has pedestrian ground doves

and palm warblers.

" A BIRD HEARD"

I WORKED

yesterday on this.

And working backwards from existing

cut mats' dimensions.

The painting is on a collage

of rafia squares.

"A BIRD HEARD"

is on display

in my Key West studio.

THE COLLECTOR"

SOME

of these tennis balls

date back to July 2013...

Watercolor on collage.

Yesterday 

at the studio in Key West.

"POOR BABY"

AT THE STUDIO...

"POOR BABY"

Watercolor on collage.

Here in its frame with bronzed liner.

"STORY TIME"

"STORY TIME"

is watercolor over collage

of papers with silver leaf.

The "silver" is really

aluminum to avoid oxidation.

The moon is listening, too.

IN

its frame at the studio.

Simonton Street, Key West.

"KISSES" close up....

Here's a better look at 

one of the frames I've been

painting and waxing

at the studio.

This one for "KISSES."

Acrylic and paste wax over injected plastic.

Now it looks like weighty bronze.

"KISSES"

A PAIR

of smoochers.

Acrylic and watercolor

on collage.

Framed in a handsome mounting.

One of several new 

painting

at the studio.

"BIASED OPINION"

STILL WET

when I shot this

at the studio....

Acrylic and watercolor

on collage.

in a super groovy frame.

The little flowers 

are type correction film transfer.

"GARDENERS"

ONE

of three new mixed media paintings

from my studio. On sanded paper.

This started out as a completely

different subject.

The spiral on the left melon

is all that is left of the original design.

I repeated the device on the other melons:

one for each bird.

I like this little guy up top. There's a bit of 23 carat gold

at his feet.

"FAMILY TREES"

A NEW WATERCOLOR
on sanded paper.
About 9 x 14 inches.

I like the shapes in the couple up top.

"RAIN BIRDS"

'Been painting

watercolors on paper

over a ground of sanded acrylic.

I also have a batch of new brushes

in the studio.

They're liners which hold lots of paint

and are usually employed

for pin-striping.

Here's a detail of the 9 x 12 work before completion.

I've laid in some gold and bright white markings

after this shot.

MAYBE ZOMBIE....

THE ZOMBIE BIKE RIDE

is tomorrow eve' (20th) in Key West.

I worked on an elaborate but too-tight mask

which is in the trash now.

I DID paint this t-shirt today

at the studio:

Started with the nose

and worked out from there in Liquitex.

Freehand lesson in symmetry

(enhanced to show strokes):

I got in the groove.

New brushes, too!

Sort of Hellinistic....

Don't know if I'll make it for the ride:

I've got the bike and the t-shirt

but the stamina? 

WET PAINT

sold out of some of my giclees today...

A nice problem!

Dog Day Morning

Sent some prints off

to smiley repeat clients

from

100 + ABANDONED DOGS

which in the last two years has

rescued more than a thousand dogs

abandoned into the Florida Everglades.

I think Annie's cute;

so did her new owners!

I meet lots of dogs and their owners on

Simonton Street in Key West.

"Star Basket" finished.....

Here is 

"THE STAR BASKET"

completed with 23 carat gold.

A closer peek here.

You can see the texture

of the tissue collage

under the oils.

"PRIMAVERA" by David Scott Meier

A fantasy figure

of spring.

Oil on collage; 9 x 14 inches.

A detail of the painting

which hangs in

my studio.

"GRATIS" by David Scott Meier

Here are two birds

who have been given dinner.

"GRATIS"

Oil on collage; 9 x 14 inches

You can see the scraffito 

on the secondary bird.

A closer look at the small color bits.

CUDJOE PIRATES!!!

THIEVES

Have stolen J.'s and A.'s boat.

Just in time for their anniversary.

A hand-finished frame

around the finished oil on collage.

About 16 inches square.

Letter forms in the speedy landscape!