Happy Holidays to everyone 🎄#santaclaus #painter @bsky.art

I fed Meta AI a photogragh of my oil painting “Achoclonados” For it to animate it. I must say I’m impressed. #animation #digitalart @bsky.art #art #beachart #oilpainting

Who doesn’t like FREE? When you see a free sofa but you didn’t have your truck… I just had to paint it. #art #westseattle #freesofa @bsky.app #nap

I tried Meta’s picture animator on one of my paintings. It’s a lot of fun but I guess Meta animator knows nothing about rowing😂

Another Greek myth. The story of Cupid and Psyche but the modern day version where Psyche uses her telephone to view her secret lover, instead of tallow from a candle falling on Cupid to wake him up, the phone rings. #art #painting #greekmythology #cupidandpsyche @bsky.art

Two paintings about the yearly visiting voyage of tribes of the Puget Sound. It was beautiful to watch and fun to paint. #art #oilpaint #nativetribes #pugetsound #alkibeach @bsky.art

Perfection is overrated! #art #humor #humanmade #ai @bsky.art

I’m a sucker for Greek mythology. Here are four paintings of modern day characters on Alki Beach representing some of the main characters #art #threegraces #muse #apollo #diana #cupid @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social @jeffmihalyo.bsky.social

Titled “Luminous” it aptly describe the sound when Seattle weather is fine. #art #oilpaint #sailboat #ferry #pegetsound @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social

A painting from a little series I did of the Seattle sculpture gardens. A Claes Oldenburg sculpture of an eraser. I titled it The Obsolete and Other Monsters. How many people these days even know what it is? #art #painting #olympicsculpturepark @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @bsky.art

Documenting the Future. It’s twilight somewhere, metaphorically. #containership #shipping #pugetsound #painting #seattle #art @bsky.art

The Red Raft. Oil on canvas That special friend or relative that you wouldn’t mind being stranded on raft with, recalling summers with my sister and cousins. #art #oilpaint #summer #redraft #bff #water @bsky.art

Finally Out a double entendre title featuring the Olympic Mountains finally breaking free of the clouds as well as same sex couples deciding to “come out”. This was painted the year that Washington State approved marriage for same sex couples. #art #pugetsound @bsky.art

Just Breathe oil paint on canvas, when the beauty of the scene takes your breath away you have to paint it it and also remember to breathe. The regattas on the Puget Sound are beautiful to watch #dusk #regatta #pastelcolors #oilpainting #art #pugetsound @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social

Message From the Natives Waking up in Alki, West Seattle I was always enchanted with these stick structures that people would create over night. #art #painting #alkibeach #sticks #bonfire #bluesky #olympicmountains #pugetsound @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social

Another lamppost painting, this time with boat interest instead of human interest. #art #painting #sailing #pugetsound #alkibeach #twilight @bsky.art @shellbelle228.bsky.social

Here’s an exploration of a more recent painting “Gentle Giants” of a national park in Chile that has these centenarian trees called Coihues. #art #painting #villarrica #pucon #jonimitchell @bsky.art @jeffmihalyo.bsky.social

The Brightest Spot My obsession with the street lamp continued. Where is your eye drawn to, the brightly lit mountains or the human figure? #art #painting #olympicmountains #pugetsound #alkibeach @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social

Another street lamp painting Twilight Walker. #art #painting #alkibeach #pugetsound #olympicmountains #twilight @bsky.art @shellbelle228.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Then I became obsessed with the street light that was outside of my window. Enchanted Evening. This painting then led to an animation I made named PNW Dreams (wish you were here). #art #painting #alkibeach #bonfire #streetlight @bsky.art @alkiarts.bsky.social

When I first moved to Seattle I bought a little water paint set while waiting for my art supplies to arrive from Michigan. I would amuse myself painting people who walked by my window. Incongruent #art #painting #alkibeach @bsky.art www.alkiarts.com

The Peninsula Another painting of a place in Chile. When I was little, I used to think the lake belonged to my grandfather😂 #art #painting #lagovillarrica #lapeninsula #pucon @bsky.art @womensartbluesky.bsky.social

Something about water and the patterns it leaves behind is so mesmerizing. #lowtide #alkibeach #westseattle #art #painting @bsky.art

Low Tide. When the tide is out people go out as far as they can looking for hidden things or daring for the water to come back in. It always seems a little surreal. #art #painting #oiloncanvas #lowtide #alkibeach @bsky.art

This was the first painting I sold in Seattle, titled Disrupted Dream, it also won the tshirt contest for the annual Alki Art Fair. #art #painting #pugetsound #alkibeach ##olympicmountains @bsky.art @klwright-artist.bsky.social @kateprotage.bsky.social

Seattle was a huge change in my career as an artist. Living on the Puget Sound gave me an entirely different subject matter to explore. My first painting tiled Low Tide. #art #painting #westseattle #alkibeach #lowtide #pugetsound @klwright-artist.bsky.social @bsky.art @shellbelle228.bsky.social

So, when you have a garden, you make flower arrangements and then paint them. #art #painting #flowers #stilllife #flowervase #springflowers @art-mutuals.bsky.social @bsky.art

A painting I did of my garden in Michigan. I swear it helped to sell my house when we moved. This painting is about contrast: light and dark, realism and expressionism #art #painting #oilpaint #garden #lilies #hollyhocks #thistle #marijuana @bsky.art

Another painting from our travels to Chile. This was the view from my grandfather’s house. #art #painting #shadowsandlight #lagovillarrica #pucon #pleinair #mountains @bsky.art

A quiet town in the North of Michigan aptly named Northport. It’s everything a small town should be. #art #oilpainting #fallcolors #michigan #northport #pleinair #painting @bsky.art

Every other year, when we lived in Michigan, we would travel to Chile to visit or families. I always had a visual record of those visits as well. Here is an oil painting of the south of Chile. #art #painting #pleinair #oilpaint #Pucon #araucania @bsky.art

Michigan Fall is lovely, the explosion of color and the semi mild weather makes it ideal for outings and painting plein air. #art #painting #pleinair #fallcolors #michigan #orangeleaves #oilpainting @bsky.art

A walk in the park during fall season in Michigan is always a treat when the colors are at their most showy expression. #art #painting #oilpaint #fallcolors #michigan #heritagepark #farmingtonhills @bsky.art

Another vineyard “up North”. This is actually Ciccone Vineyard when they were first getting started. I have no idea what it looks like now. Owned by Madonna’s dad. ( I don’t know if he’s even still alive!) #art #painting #vineyard #michigan #suttonsbay #cicconevineyard #summertime @bsky.art

As most of my Michigan paintings were done pre- smartphones my record of them is spotty and so I have to skip into summer. Surprisingly, in the Sutton’s Bay area there are thriving vineyards that are quite lovely. #art #painting #suttonsbay #michigan #summer #vineyards @bsky.art

I named the painting Dryads. The springtime cherry trees are just about to bloom but are mainly just showing off their bodies. Near Traverse city, Michigan, the cherry trees are abundant and beautiful. #art #painting #sunset #northport #michigan #cherrytree

Another spring day in the park, spring is lovely in Michigan, though too short. Painted in 2006, so almost 20 years ago! #art #painting #oilpaint #spring #heritagepark #bloomingtrees @bsky.art

So, after winter in Michigan, at long last Spring arrives. #art #painting #oilpaint #heritagepark #farmingtonhills #sumac @blsky.art

Still in Michigan, in these years my walks took me through snow laden paths through forests. #art #snow #oiloncanvas #heritagepark #farmingtonhills #michigan @bsky.art

Ok, so this is the only barn painting I’ve ever done. It has the curious effect of looking moonlit at night. Still in Michigan at this point ❄️ #art #oilpainting #redbarn #michigan #heritagepark @bsky.art

Here’s another historical painting of my work, Michigan winters go on forever. #oilpainting #dark #ravish #heritagepark #snow @bsky.art

Here’s a second historical posting of my work. #art #oilpainting #winterdryad #michiganwinter

Posting a historical account of my #art #oilpaintings one day at a time #michiganvineyard

Here’s a lucky little leprechaun hiding in the shamrock.

Choosing to be sunny!