TODAY...

TODAY
I painted some lilies
and a tiny gardener.
"BEST IN SHOW"
Oil on collage;
6 x 8 inches.

"TREE HOUSES" Oil on panel

PUSHED AROUND

some malachite green alkyd oil

with a very poor brush

to draw the tree.

Lettering lets you know where I'm going with this.

Some of the tenants with a view

to the property.

"PERFECT"

"PERFECT"

David Scott Meier

Oil on collage; 11 x 14

"PERFECT" by David Scott Meier

This 11 x 14 oil on collage

flowed out of me.

Painting happy yesterday.

I rubbed out the first draft so there

was underpainting and palette knife texture

to guide me.

One of my favorite parts:

I've been looking at antique

Edwardian style jewelry on line.

Lots of delicate platinum and diamond

foliate forms are inspiring.

" 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.

"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.

"MUSIC IN TREES"

The best gardens are hidden and sprinkled with water sounds.

One hears music and conversation

(and not a little laughter)

beyond the gates and leaves.

BOOOM!

Propped this up for its snapshot:

"GARDEN GOES BOOM!"

OIL ON PAPER.

For my January exhibition at FRANGIPANI GALLERY in Key West.

TINY GARDENER

'MOON GARDEN'

Acrylic and typo film.

Wee:  3.5 inches square.

EVENING LIGHTS

Yves and Alan

have a great garden.

There are all sorts of well-loved

and well-placed plants

in the deep, long lot.

Even water lilies!

We strolled over with our cocktails to join them there.

Alan had suspended scores (!) of tiny votive lamps

among the shadows. Bewitching!

Some final sunbeams on the glossy leaves 

were easily confused with the tiny flames.

Mike the sproodle guards the beaujolaise.

SPRITE

The winds of Autumn

begin to stir the garden.

'SUN HAT'

'SUN HAT'

is a new acrylic triptych. Each panel is 12 inches square.

The viewer sees a cyclist riding

in front of the sun;

a blurry figure on a mechanical 

silhouette.

The sun and hint of another wheel

is a design of 23 carat gold on acrylic.

The other animate objects are

a pair of foraging birds who

have found some berries.

An iron chair sits in a formal garden.

The whole group has a tinted palette which

is subordinate to the acrylic drawings.