Lately I've been working in acrylic experimenting with color and texture. Acrylics dry fast which can be a bane or a blessing depending on what you are trying to do. Anyway, it has been fun. Sometimes I get tired of pictorial subject matter - variety is good and helps you look at composition differently.
It's kind of fun to discover new subject matter as you go along - kind of like Christmas surprises and happy painting accidents.
I've been working on stained glass lately. I wanted to replace the colored glass window I had originally made because the room is dark and small. I figured this would open it up some. Also, I had a lot of stained glass supplies I needed to use up - so this was an inexpensive proposition. I like the way it turned out, so you can see the view through the beveled glass. Now, what to do with the old panel? I still like it so may frame it to hang in a patio door or something. 
Start with an item of interest in a painting or an existing photo and then extend your picture out from the center. I used an interesting sketch of a lone pine tree in the center and then created a framework of evergreens, lake and sky. I like this one. 
Combine two things today to make a new creation. Rebecca and I had been making mono-prints. When we were finished I scraped the center of what she had left on the glass and came up with this gate composition. 
Create a new book cover for a favorite book today. I choose this photo of reeds along the MKT trail for a book on the history of the Missouri river and its beauty. 
Today I am to use an internal organ as inspiration. These photos I took of lichen remind me of a picture of the brain - especially the heat-map, color enhanced version. 
