Landscapes

“Middle Earth”

54Av1This painting kind of bridges a gap between nonobjective and abstract. Color, shape, pattern are all jumbled in a chaotic arrangement. The shapes are somewhat suggestive of rocks buried under ground and so could be considered abstract. The artist’s concept of “Middle Earth” – a term borrowed from Tolken – is highly imaginative.

 

Monsoon Build-Up

Tifft - Monsoon Build-up

I always paintĀ saguaros and clouds within a vertical format because they reach for the sky, the vertical format says, “UP!”

Cholla Oasis

All these creatures have visited the water dishes outside my kitchen window (not all at once!)