A flurry of small canvases

February is my favorite month of the year in Southern California. The days are getting longer and the buds are starting to come out. It’s like a first spring with a second one to come in April. So feeling better, I have been painting more. Here are some of the recent small paintings I have …

Wildflowers in Spring from 1992 revisited by Joyce Lieberman

Which photo looks best? The only thing holding this 1992 beauty back was a pinkish wash that needed more umber and a few shapes that required more definition. Do you have pieces in your studio like that? After 30 years, thay need another discerning look to become vivid and alive again? Which of the two …

Underwater World

Oil paints, yum. I hardly use them, but when I do, they resonate with so much history for me. I became allergic to the solvents some time in Graduate School at UT, Austin School of Art. Maybe I was practically bathing in turpentine and my nails started to have black stalagmites streaks dipping into them …

Cobalt Blue Polka Dot Vases by Joyce Lieberman

Hand built with coils and slabs, these cobalt blue polka dot vases and platters have a variety of shapes. They make a village in my mirrored space. As a village of polka dots, they shake and shimmy. Working in cone 5 clay, each vase is about 12 inches tall. They could hold a tall bouquet …