"Lost My Bearings", 30" x 30", oil on canvas.

An abstract painting can be about how it looks and how it makes you feel. I started the painting with horizontal and vertical tracks. It felt like it could represent a woven textile or city road grid. The spheres added a feeling of motion. I felt the spheres could represent train wheels. I thought of the phase “going off the rails.” I finished the painting feeling it had gone from orderly to chaotic.

Van Gogh and the Olive Groves at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Wild Turkey

We have been seeing wild turkeys in the neighborhood for several years, but this is the first time we"ve seen them in our yard.