Body Parts And Shadows

Welcome to Body Parts & Shadows, a collection of paintings of various body parts, body parts with shadows - or just the shadow.

Our Feet

Oil on canvas panel. Hanauma Bay, Hawaii. 2016 (nfs)

Hand with Purple Cloth

Oil on 8x8 canvas panel. 2018.

Yes, this is my hand. I was trying to get some interesting shadows.

Grand Feet

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2018

My granddaughters' feet. (nfs)

Water's Edge

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2019

Shadows of my daughter and me along the water's edge, in Waikiki, Hawaii

Fire and Ice

Oil on 4x6 canvas panel with pallet knife. 2019 nfs

Hand with Grey Background

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2019

This is my hand. I was holding it over the sink.

Elixer of Life

12x16 oil on stretched canvas. 2019

Again, looking at the shape of my hand, this time holding a spray bottle of water.

Roswell

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2019

I took a series of photos of my hands with shadows cast on the wall. This is one of them, which I painted with green tones.

What Price Freedom?

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2019

Something to think about and discuss.

Hanging on the Phone (two pieces)

CrayPas and marker on paper, acrylic and marker on paper 2020 (nfs)

The Shadow and the Rock

11x14 oil on canvas panel. 2018

This was another from my series of hand shadows cast against the wall. (nfs)

Where's Grandma?

12x15 oil on stretched canvas. 2019

I told my daughter I was interested in painting hands and asked her if she could send a photo of hands for each member of her family. She sent me a photo of she and her family pointing to Hawaii. (nfs)

Shadow on Tree

Oil on canvas panel. 2014

Flu

Oil on canvas panel. 2019

Before class one evening Catherine was sick with flu-like symptoms and described how she felt... so I painted it.