Feliz

( Feliz  –  Acrylic on canvas sheet  –  20x20" (51x51cm) framed  –  $450 )

Feliz is now on display at Framed Image's All That Glitters exhibit up thru September 23rd at 5066 E. Happen Avenue, Denver, CO 80222. Tuesday–Saturday 10am-5pm. For more info call: 303-692-0727 or click: framedimage.net

 Last week to see Love Is...

(White Swan and Two Flamingos – 11x14" framed – Acrylic on canvas board)

One of my plein air paintings is in the Exhibit, Love is..., which will be on display thru Saturday, August 7th, 2021 at Center for the Arts Evergreen at 31880 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen CO 80439. (Near Natural Grocers in Bergen Park) Hours: Mon-Fri 10–5 and Sat 10–4. For more info call 303-674-0056 or click HERE.

 "Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."  –– Nelson Mandella

 Tending the Garden of the Heart  1 & 2

Tending the Garden of the Heart – 4x4 – Watercolor and ink on paper – SOLD

Tending the Garden of the Heart 2 – 4x4 (11x11 framed) – Watercolor and ink on paper

Just in time for Valentine's Day, TGH2 is now on display at Framed Image galley in Denver. Please call: 303-692-0727 or email: framedimage1@aol.com to inquire.

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 "The EARTH without art is just EH..."

 –– Iskou

 80 Days and Pebbled Path  SOLD

80 Days Around the World – 12x12" (30x30cm) – Acrylic

Pebbled Path – 12x12" (30x30cm) – Acrylic

These two pieces were sold at Framed Image's: 2020 – The Year that Wasn't exhibit. With folks spending more time at home these days, I think art is more important than ever in uplifting people's lives and spirits. Many thanks to my collectors, now and over the years!

 Red Sun and Veil Stripe 2 at Framed Image Gallery

Red Sun – 18x14" (45x35cm) – Acrylic on canvas

Veil Stripe 2 – 12x12" (30x30cm) – Acrylic on canvas

I'm happy to announce two of my abstract works, Red Sun and Veil Stripe 2, have been juried into Framed Image's Red Between the Lines exhibit. On display from January 8th through March 30th, 2021. Due to Covid-19 concerns, there is no live opening, but the gallery is open for viewing following CDC guidelines: Tues–Sat 10-5, and on Mondays by appointment only. Framed Image is located at 5066 E. Hampden Avenue, Denver, CO 80222. For inquiries, please call: 303-692-0727. The exhibit may be viewed online by clicking HERE.

Winter into Spring & Homage to Agnes at Center for the Arts Evergreen – Wonders of Winter exhibit

Winter into Spring – 12x12 – Acrylic and colored pencil

Homage to Agnes – 12x12 – Acrylic and colored pencil

Winter can be a time of deep introspection. In Homage to Agnes (Martin), I honor the late painter’s use of repeating lines, here, as affirmations or prayers, for us all and for the planet.

Even as winter holds sway over the land, in Winter into Spring, signs of spring green emerge to give us hope for better days ahead. 

Wonders of Winter exhibit at Center for the Arts Evergreen opens today, Friday, December 11th, 2020 and continues thru January 8th, 2021. Located at 31880 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439, in Bergen Park near Natural Grocers. Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4, Sun closed. For more info: call 303-674-0056 or visit: evergreen arts.org.

View the online catalogue at:

https://issuu.com/centerfortheartsevergreen/docs/wonder_of_winter_2020_catalog_final_version

 Urge for Going

Urge for Going  –  5x3  –  Watercolor & pencil on paper

From my sketchbook... When the geese start to get so active this time of year, it always brings to mind Joni Mitchell’s song, Urge for Going, about the end of summertime and the coming of winter in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

 Happy Veterans Day

11:11  I Am One   SOLD

11:11  I Am One – 12x12 – Acrylic on canvas sheet 

This piece sold at:  2020 - The Year That Wasn't exhibit at The Framed Image Gallery in Denver.

 Plein Air Sketches

Hillside Study – 5x7 – Acrylic on w/c paper

Hillside Study II – 5x7 – Acrylic on w/c paper

These are a couple quick studies I always liked but never posted. For purchase: 

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/edward-kosinski-8734

 Asleep the Snow...

Asleep the Snow  –  8.5 x 6.5" (21.5 x 15 cm)  –  Mixed media on off-white laid paper

Our first snow here in Denver, Colorado.

"To me, what is very important in painting is not to think when you paint. You can think before you paint, you can think after you have painted, but while you are painting, thinking is the worst thing that you can do." –– Robert Ryman

 Exhibit Extended

Where there's Green, there's Blue 

The group exhibit at Framed Image, that I have eight paintings in, has been extended thru mid-September, 2020. For current exhibit or purchase info, please contact the gallery directly at: 303-692-0727. Thanks!

Above: Tropica – 16x20" (40x50cm) – Acrylic on canvas – $650

Kosinski toons

Since the virus hit, I've been doing less painting and more cartooning. I figure with the heaviness of the situation, I wanted to bring more joy to the world. If you like what you see, please go to: 
https://www.instagram.com/kosinski_toons/

Getty Artwork Re-creation Challenge

Above Left: The Astronomer, 1668, by Johannes Vermeer.  

Above right: Recreation by Ann Zumhagen-Krause and her husband on Twitter and via Facebook DM. 

Below: My Mona Lisa re-creation commentary, 3x5, Ink, pencil and collage on paper, posted on Twitter.

Being stuck at home for days at a time can be maddening for some folks. So the Getty Museum has come to our rescue! They have issued a playful challenge on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to re-create your favorite art using objects (and people) lying around the house. The challenge was inspired by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and an Instagram account called Between Art and Quarantine. Thousands of re-creations have been done in both serious and humous ways. My contribution falls into the latter category. With the gravity of the current world situation, I have turned to cartooning to try and elevate spirits and lighten the mood. Although not strictly adhering to the challenge protocols, my cartoon depicts a probably homebound couple, attempting a re-creation of the Mona Lisa. As you can see by the Vermeer Astronomer above, folks can be fairly exacting. And the snag comes when someone, probably the husband (not seen), for authenticity's sake, suggests the model shave off her eyebrows! Ruh-Roh Reorge. (High resolution scans have revealed that DaVinci originally did give La Gioconda eyebrows and eyelashes, but they have faded over time.) 

For more info on the Getty challenge click: https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by-creative-geniuses-the-world-over/

Random Acts of Chalk

Along with the howling around town at 8pm, an anonymous Denverite has been quietly leaving us messages of hope and encouragement. I have seen three along the Highline Canal Trail west of Dayton Street. The first was: You Can Do This! Another was: You Are Valid, which was near Windsor Gardens senior community. The snow and rain wash them away and others appear to take their place. Thank you for your words of resolve and kindness!

To see more visit: https://www.instagram.com/randomactsofchalk/

Sang Rouge

Sang Rouge – 12x12 – Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas sheet

Sang Rouge translates from the French: Red Blood or more ominously Blood Red. I was thinking about all the lives affected these days, in both existential and all too real terms. Hovering above the red are thin silver cords. A lifeline to our higher self. I use the singular because it is the one life that we all share. A seemingly tenuous connection, which by our attention and intention can be made strong and more conductive, to hope, courage and right action. We are all one in this flesh and blood life. Let us care for one another and move thru this together. You are not alone.

"What could be more interesting, or in the end, more ecstatic, than in those rare moments when you see another person look at something you’ve made, and realize that they got it exactly, that your heart jumped to their heart with nothing in between?” 

-- Robert Motherwell

Black Grey Red Line

Black Grey Red Line – 12x12 – Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas sheet

I prefer to work in themes. I like to investigate the various possibilities within a given framework. These thinly striped works are a distant cousin to the Veil Stripe series. Still a color field painting, but more monochromatic.