jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 17 hours agosteemCreated with Sketch.Flowers on a Window SillFlowers on a Window Sill, Breganzona – Watercolor – 10.5 x 18 inches. Painting dreams is a meditation that brings…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 6 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Playing PétanquePlaying Pétanque – Oil on canvas – 24 x 32 inches. If I wrote well enough to write a poem, I would write a poem…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 15 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Roman WomanThe Roman Woman – Oil on paper – 8.5 x 11 inches. Many men, especially American men, don’t realize that we Italian…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 29 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Defense of the SampoThe Defense of the Sampo - Tempera on canvas - 48 x 49 inches. In my last post I wrote about the Kalevala, Finland’s…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Gods of GravityGods of Gravity: Sketch - ink, watermedia - 7.5 x 11 inches. “The Kalevala” is Finland’s national epic poem. It…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Cala SaonaCala Saona, Formentera, Spain - Watercolor, pencil, ink - 5 x 8 inches. When you draw or paint in public, people…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Knives and PanpiesKnives and Panpipes – Water-media, pencil, ink – 8 x 11 inches. Spain is the noisiest country I have ever lived in.…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Heaven is in MontanaPatrick - Oil on canvas - 28 x 34 inches. Of the six brothers, Patrick is the one who most loved fishing. We others…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Havana DaydreamingHavana Daydreaming 1 - Watercolor, ink, - 8 x 10.5 inches. The cab driver at the airport in Havana was confused when…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Inspiration and the TideThe Tide – Oil on canvas – 26 x 32 inches. In her Nobel Lecture after winning the Prize for Literature in 1996, the…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.A MigrantA Migrant - Acrylic on canvas - 23 x 32 inches. Jennie Doherty was 30 years old when she sailed out of Belfast…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 4 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Two Portraits, Both SlantTexas Truck - Acrylic on paper - 11 x 17 inches. "Tell all the truth," wrote Emily Dickinson, "but tell it slant."…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 4 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.The War of All Against AllNineteen Seventy – Acrylic on canvas – 36 x 66 inches. Every Day The President Ignores A Sign From God The…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 5 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Mistaken IdentitiesDawn Fields - Acrylic on canvas - 32 x 48 inches. Thanks to films and television, many people I encounter during my…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 5 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.A PassengerA Passenger: Sketchbook Page – Pencil, watercolor, collage – 8.5 x 11 inches. A flight between Sacramento and…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 6 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.JMK Self PortraitJMK Self Portrait - Pencil - 5 x 7 inches. During his life on this earth, Rembrandt (1603-1669) is said to have…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 6 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Storm StudyStorm Study – Pencil, Watercolor – 8 x 8 inches. It wasn’t long ago when small green shapes, like soft blades…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 7 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Clergy ThugsClergy Thugs – Pencil – 5 x 8.5 inches. When I began to sketch religious thugs, I wanted, in an ecumenical spirit…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 7 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.A Taste of SummerA Taste of Summer (from a sketchbook) – Pencil, ink, watercolor – 8.5 x 11 inches. A famous song begins with the…jmkartworks (65)Professional Artist, USAin WORLD OF XPILAR • 7 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Madrid CafeMadrid Cafe - Watercolor - 8.5 x 12 inches. Snow fell in the foothills throughout the weekend and it's still cold. I…