Virginia Creeper Holdfasts- Stuck on Life Virginia Creeper Holdfasts- Stuck on Life A Marvel of Plant Morphology, a Creeper Holdfast Does its Thing Sticky and Twisted Art Because of the burnt red color that Virginia Creeper leaves (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) turn in autumn, they caught my eye as a young boy.  I identified...

Hyla embracatta Interpreation Mating Black and white interpretation of a photo of amplexus, which is the amphibian conjugal visit.  Some tropical tree frogs, like Hyla ebraccata deposit eggs either close or just above the water to help reduce predation by aquatic animals.  I was stubborn here and used an entire number 5 pen...

Azzie Mae Johnson Lowe Playing with texture, trying to capture emotion, and the subject’s proud constitution.  Drawn from an old photo.  Here be the woman I reckon I had a great part in keeping parts of people’s lives together- lordeee beeee.  “You git yourself over here KINNY,” I can hear her say. ...

Window Living Room This piece was a series of inside looking outside works that have a warm appeal to me, so I did a few.  For the artist here, there is such a fixed, known place in time, for the viewer- something comfortable is here- everyone’s room, everyone’s random world.  I also found this subject when I noticed...

A Castle in the Woods Here I worked on the idea of the lack of a true boundary between the organic and the organic at the hands of humans.  A blending of the nature of  perceptive natural differences.  Actually this piece didn’t really mean to express this tone until half way through it, when I noticed that in this media...

Cooper Hawk, Lines This started out as a free hand work with vertical lines that obviously morphed into an out of control expedition into linear madness.  What did I just say?   Anyhow, this was a rehab cooper’s hawk that I had for about 2 months (broken shoulder), that would fluff her feathers out and appear very owl...

Line Art by NG This piece was inspired by a long climb to the top of a ridge on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, where strangler figs appeared to dance in the sky.  Entitled “Trees,” each observer will see something else in this surrealistic piece.  ENJOY.

Bedroom Window Random subjects, randomly produced, lend an organic quality to the pieces. Enjoy. See something you’d like on your wall, drop me a line. NG.

Albany West View Random subjects, randomly produced, lend an organic quality to the pieces. Enjoy. See something you’d like on your wall, drop me a line. NG.