Jonquils, Sally Boyce Powell watercolor on paper, 5x7

Mother’s Day 2020

I LOVE MY MOTHER. I wish she were dead. Those are the hardest five words I have ever written. Let me explain. My 97-year-old mother’s heart still beats, but she Continue reading

Abstract 88, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 11x14

Remodeling

REMODELING I CONTINUE to revisit the moment of inspiration in earlier paintings that fell short due to a lack of color, design, or imagination. In one instance, the original was Continue reading

Contexture

CONTEXTURE POSTING PAINTINGS online is a nice option for sharing artwork, but cyberspace is woefully inadequate to showing what a painting is really like. The reduction in size is obvious. Continue reading