Elixir too

I've been away awhile and my apologies for that. I've had a number of projects and the work has been taking decidedly different directions. I still find comfort in painting still lifes, but I also find myself working in a more abstract style.
Finding a quiet place for all manner of objects still engages me. And it's the fleeting nature of things -- flowers and peppers and onions and apples -- that draws me to still lifes. The cut flowers have died, have been tossed out. And those peppers and onions and apples -- gone too. Roasted. Sauteed. Baked. Eaten.
'Elixir Too' is a small study (6" x6") of a moment captured in time. Captured on canvas. But gone. Did it ever exist? Who's to know?
But I also find myself working in a more abstract style. A more purely emotional style in which I'm still  trying to find my way. (And before I go any further, forgive the quality of the photographs. I snapped them. 'Nuff said. I'll update with shots by a trained professional.)

My studio space in a downtown building houses a kitchen design center on street level. It's a new business, two talented guys following their dream: WS Solutions. I partnered with them for their grand opening and provided this painting for their man cave display: No, it's not your neon beer sign kind of a room. It's an elegant room, with a large-screen TV dropped into a rich dark wood built-in with bookcase, state-of-the-art seating, wine cooler, sink. And this painting on the one blank wall. It couldn't have been a better fit. I thank them for the opportunity to think in a new way.
Oh, and did I mention that I've begun drawing the human figure again after a long hiatus?
More on that another time.