California Fires

Fire Season 2016: Soberanes 2. Acrylics on canvas, 20 x 20 x 1 in. (sold).

I’ve been thinking of the “Fire Season” series of paintings I did in 2016. Perhaps I’ll take that up again. I have a different attitude towards wildfires, now, and want to explore that.

2025 Asemic Experiments

I decided to make and post art every day, of any size and quality, and whether I liked them or not. I also want to use up my cache of paper. Of course, straight off, I skipped several days (rolls eyes). Below are two “make-up” pieces:

Two untitled asemic experiments using Derwent Inktense pencils and (in the first one below, only) watercolor:

Failure of Pastels

“Failure of Pastels”. Asemic. India ink and acrylics on Shizen paper, 10 x 10 in., 1/9/2025. This started out as a mild-mannered #asemic on pastel background, but gradually morphed into something completely opposite that. This is what I get for watching the gruesome, gothic video series adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “The ABC Murders”, starring John Malkovich as Poirot.

Oliveira #Asemic

India ink and acrylics on handmade Green Field paper (1/2/2025). I haven’t made anything larger than postcard size for a long time, so decided to make a couple of larger pieces. This is 14 x 14,” and the one in the previous post is 18 x 12.” But I might go even larger–for a change.