A picture of a stepped garden wall inspired the underlying painting. The painting stayed like this in my living room for several months but I started to think it needed more. I had been interested in the shape of this downspout and built a small wall sculpture but it didn’t seem to hold it’s ownContinue reading “Stepping”
Author Archives: DM
Tropical Geometry
I don’t think I would have attempted palm trees without being challenged to by my dear friend who asked for one of my works to fit in a specific place in her home. Dear painting owner, thanks for bending my artistic comfort zone!
Smokies
My friends showed me a picture they took during a visit to the Smokey Mountains. I combined it with some of the elements Julius Shulman captured in one of his mall photos. I invented the grey triangle on the right.
Crossings
During a month-long camping trip in Australia, my husband and I came down with terrible chest colds. He had undiagnosed osteoporosis, and the constant coughing caused a spinal fracture that left him confined to our lodging in Melbourne during our final week. Wandering the city on my own, I noticed the bike-lane and pedestrian symbols—imagesContinue reading “Crossings”
Rain Chain
These shapes are inspired by my back porch. When water falls off the roof, the rain chain creates a beautiful cascade of water tension and balance.
Taking Turns
Cedar driftwood, cypress, pine, plywood, acrylic paint40” x 16” x 9”d This wall sculpture brings together two ideas that have been on my mind: the bent angles of old trail marker trees and the geometric design on an Art Deco water plaque. When I found the cedar driftwood, it reminded me of the bent treesContinue reading “Taking Turns”
Fault Lines
acrylic on board, salvaged pine. 17-1/4” x 13” x 3”d An exploration of 3D shapes and the changing shadows they add to the painting.
Debbie Meeks 