Commissioned... Palm Springs!

"Palm Springs" (watercolor, 9x12")

This was requested by friends I met in Palm Springs while I was there for Thanksgiving last November.  I am thoroughly enjoying watercolor these days.  It's a convenient medium while traveling and this piece was completed during a trip to Cozumel, Mexico.  -Erico

While in Palm Springs...

Desert Palms (Watercolor, 9x12")

I am always inspired by palm trees.  They stand so tall, so strong, so solid...yet appearing to be fragile in so many ways.  A wise friend said to me about a month ago, "You just gotta force yourself, Erico.  You need to grab your art supplies, lock yourself in a studio or a place you can work...and just do it!"  Thanks, Renee Bebeau.  I did this on my last full day in Palm Springs ... out in the sun.  -Erico

Circles....and circles

Circle Tree (acrylic on wood, 12x24")

Interesting how ideas develop in one's mind and then become something so very different than what was originally imagined.

Doodling with color....

Sunburst (acrylics, 6x6") October 2015

Orange Mountain (acrylics, 6x6") October 2015

Silent Auctions...

Blue Cross (acrylic, 16x20")

Reach (acrylic, 16x20")

I am asked regularly to contribute to fundraisers.  Blue Cross was created for the silent auction to be held next week during the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Golf Outing.  Reach was created for the silent auction to be held at UW-Milwaukee's PALM fundraiser event in early October, raising scholarship monies for students.  Sometimes it's the giving of one's small talents that really can make a difference.  I'm happy to do my part.  -Erico

Sometimes the pain is too much to bear..

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" (watercolor, 11x8) July 12, 2015

"Blind Ignorance" (watercolor, 11x8) July 13, 2015

"Enough" (watercolor, 11x8) July 15, 2015

Music is....

"Music is the Outburst of the Soul" (watercolor, 8x11) June 28, 2015

Inspired by Pedro Rubalcava's comments at the Hispanic Pastoral Musicians Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico, I saw this sort of image in my mind as he stated what is now the title of this piece.  I am pleased that I went with vivid colors.  I love the ethnic quality of the vessel.  This piece makes me smile.  -Erico