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This has been a very good week, artwise. I finished another painting in the Haiku Threads series which I have titled “Celadon”. It is acrylic/mixed media on 24″ x 24″ canvas. 
And I just learned that my painting, “Night Bird” has just been sold by the gallery!
I have a few more ideas for the Haiku Threads series but I am going to take a break and work on a larger canvas for a painting that I want to submit to a juried exhibit in June – so I better get a move on!
The newest in the Haiku Threads series of paintings is “Ochiba – Fallen Leaves”. I will be starting another Haiku Threads painting soon – just applied gesso to the canvas today. 
Haiku poems are often created with an emphasis on the seasons. This painting represents the autumn season with its burnished tones. As with my previous Haiku Threads paintings it is on a 24″ x 24″ gallery wrapped canvas. All my paintings are for sale and I would love to sell one to YOU!
The Wiegand Gallery located on the Notre Dame campus in Belmont is currently exhibiting paintings by Adelie Landis Bischoff. I had seen some of her work in the past but only one or two paintings at most. I knew that my friend, Alysanne, would be interested in seeing this exhibit because of Alysanne’s association with many of the artists Adelie Landis Bischoff studied with and worked with during the period of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.
We visited the gallery on Thursday and knew we were in for a treat. The display of Bischoff’s work is a comprehensive coverage of her career – with enough paintings, of varying sizes – a visual timeline of her career. We looked at everything and wanted more!
I couldn’t help but think that here is yet another woman artist who should have been better recognized in the art world, and then wondered whether her marriage to Elmer Bischoff was a “blessing or a curse”, maybe both.
Thanks to the Wiegand Gallery for showing her work. Their website is www.wiegandgallery.org
Light Orange Abstraction, oil and charcoal on canvas, 32″ x 30″, 2000
I recently finished this painting which is part of the Haiku Threads series that I have been working on. It is acrylic/mixed media on 24″ x 24″ gallery wrapped canvas. Its very interesting to me as I continue creating work in this series – it seems as if each painting inspires yet another one.
Bamboo
This painting, which I really like, is part of the series of Haiku Threads. It was a bit risky but I think it worked, even though I was nervous about sewing the threads through the canvas. But, you know, you kind of figure it out as you go and usually your instincts will guide you to where you want to go.
This gift that we artists have is a saving grace. We can lose ourselves in our creation and execution of our paintings, or whatever else we do to express ourselves. I’m ready now to show some of the work I have recently completed. These paintings are on 24” x 24” canvas and are inspired by the haiku poems I have been writing, reading and listening to.
These are just 2 of them:
I’m always enthused about the annual juried exhibit at the Coastal Arts League Gallery and Museum and was especially so this year when I learned that Lance Fung, Curator, Artist, Gallery Owner and head of Lance Fung Collaboratives was our judge.
I was very selective about the entries that I submitted and was so happy to learn that my monotype, LINES III, was juried in to the show.
The reception and awards ceremony was held tonight and I was thrilled when I heard my name called out as a recipient of an award for LINES III – which also included a cash award.
I used a white mat and a black frame for this piece and it will be on view at the gallery until January 2, 2012.
I’ve just started a new painting which will be one of several in a related series. My inspiration for this new work is a painting that I recently finished which is titled “ZEN”, acrylic on canvas, 20″ x 16, framed.
Also, I discovered that the 24″ x 24″ size canvas that I used for my “Anniversary” painting suits the new genre. By using a gallery-wrapped canvas I eliminate the need for framing and can incorporate the sides of the canvas into the overall composition.
The AFTERMATH exhibit at the Coastal Arts League Gallery was well received and the reception went well with the many guests in attendance. Guest speaker Daly City Councilman David Canepa shared his thoughts and experience with the events of 9/11 and how the expressions conveyed by the artists in their work was positive and healing.
The exhibit ends October 3rd.
I created this painting for an upcoming group exhibit, AFTERMATH, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I struggled with this work for a while. Initially, I had an idea of what I wanted to do to represent this theme but it just wasn’t working out – and I realized that I could say more by leaving things out. This is the result.
The title is “Anniversary”, 24″ x 24″, acrylic on canvas and it is available for sale.
