I've been focusing on a commission recently of a subject matter different for me. The painting is of cotton, for a medical center in Arkansas. It was a fun and interesting challenge to create a striking visual and I actually love the contrast of white against a deep blue sky. I did this color combination in one of my lotus paintings, "White Lotus with Cobalt." Here I'm including that image along with the new cotton painting. This painting will be hung with a plaque that includes its name -- I decided on "Clouds of Cotton."

"Clouds of Cotton," 48" x 60," University of Arkansas Medical Center

"White Lotus with Cobalt," 20" x 24"

Right now I'm back to some experimentation. I recently did a shoot at Radnor Lake that included some abstract veiws of the lake. I plan on starting a painting that will perhaps be the most abstract looking piece I've done so far, abstract realism, as it is often called.