Capture

The old ladies (and one old man) that I paint with on Monday have told me that the squid and octopus that find their way into my paintings on a fairly regular basis are beginning to grow on them.  They still think I'm weird, but they've come to accept the octopus that I bring with me.

My most recent painting - Capture- generated a brief flurry of discussion.  'Who's captured whom?'  One argued that the flamingo had captured the octopus, 'see the way he's standing over it?'  Another said it was the other way 'round, 'The octopus is dragging him down into the depths.'

I think the best answer was that "Jeff's been captured by the octopus. That's why he paints them."

I admit that that could be true.

Acrylic on canvas and paper - 11" x 14"

A Mistake in Scale

This is one of the paintings I'll be entering into the upcoming Martin County Fair. 

The Watcher in the Water

The Return of the Sea Monster

The Sea Monster - a fairly regular figure in my art in recent years - has been in hiding for some time, hiding in some deep cavernous recess of the ocean.  But he appears to have resurfaced, ready to terrorize all who sail the seas.  Beware.  Beware and be warned.

The Octopus of Unknowing

When I say "darkness", I mean a privation of knowing, just as whatever you do not know or have forgotten is dark to you, because you do not see it with your spiritual eyes. For this reason, that which is between you and your God is termed an Octopus of Unknowing.

I drew this in Photoshop.  The
background is, in part, a photo of my garage floor.

(Click the picture to see it full sized.  Thank you.)

3 Recent Paintings

Here are some more recent paintings.  These are all acrylic on paper.





This uses the same stencil I used here.
It began as a test of the stencil, but instead of simply leaving it as a generic test, I went back and played with it some.

I have a fondness for sea monsters.  These octopus and squid-like creatures have been appearing in my artwork for a couple of years now.  My wife does not share my appreciation for these denizens of the deep.

My wife tells me that too many of my paintings are "creepy."  So I decided to paint something more rainbow scented.  And what could be more warm-fuzzy than a kitten in a field of flowers, right?

"A live cat" my wife suggests.







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