"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.