Pitre and Dean
John Pitre was one of my earliest art influences. Before the internet, we already knew of the depers...
Fairy Iris
You will find these everywhere in the San Diego Area. We have a rather glorious bush of them growing next to the house, and I've always wanted to paint them. So I did.
Dietes grandiflora (large wild iris, fairy iris) is actually native to South Africa, and in some parts of Australia is considered a weed. A horribly beautiful weed.
I often fall back to the technical constraints of my airbrush days, roping in the freedom of the water on the paper, bending it to my will in more of a technical illustrative style, losing a lot of expressive freedom in the process. Sometimes I hit somewhere in between, which is where I think Fairy Iris landed.
Similar Paintings
Anything is Possible
In 1995, a car accident left Pascale Honore paraplegic. She would watch her son and his friends surf...
Sunrise Palms
Several years ago I was near poverty, struggling to fetch out a living in a southern Oregon town, li...
Sunday Waffles
In our house a regular occurrence, almost a tradition if you like, are early morning waffles with ou...