Bukowski Painting- or not painting?

Sibley Mural -Summer 2008

Bukowski design

When Ruth called and said she wanted a mural on the side of the Dutler Bowling Alley Building, the wheels started turning. Maybe I could design the mural and lend one of my signature images without really painting it. Two of my best painters had recently graduated from Bethany and were available to work on the project. So Malia and Laura are painting up a storm on an exterior wall for a new outdoor facility in Mankato, Minnesota.

Bukowski Painting- Another Brushstoke Bouquet

William Bukowski

oil on linen

18" X 24"

Brushstroke Bouquet

This is a smaller work that has some of the key ingredients of my current imagery.  It has the natural light of summer, it has full blooming gardens and it has a nice vocabulary of brushstrokes.  I have be patient for the real garden to bloom but the weather in Mankato has been horrible and I think the full summer bloom may be a little late this year.

Bukowski Painting- Threesome

Bukowski Painting

3 vertical paintings of Sibley

 4' X 2'  oil on linen

Much of the spring was spent working these 3 paintings into a consistent experience of light and color.  I like the vertical format and putting all three together creates an interesting effect.  I am looking forward getting outside again.  The garden is still a compelling image for me and don't feel that I have exhausted it yet.