Rocket To Another World

The latest video!  

View From Mt. Tamalpais

 Scenes of the 180 degree view from Mt. Tamalpais East Peak on New Year's Day with an original soundtrack.

Mock Up for New 36 x 36 oil painting?

Repainting old oil paintings on the horizon for 2022.  One idea is for a series contrasting realism with abstract painting styles to explore the process of imagination.  

Year End Wrap Up of Top 20 Photos Shot in 2021

 

Rainy Day Jazz

What better way is there to spend a rainy day than making new music and animations!  

Space Alien Animation

One of my short YouTube Videos based on photos, mostly shot around the neighborhood.

Three Christmas Tree Videos: 2010, 2016 and 2021.

 Neon Christmas Tree, 2021 featuring music of "We Three Kings" played on a Yamama MX88 and Cubase Artist by Lucy Autrey Wilson.  This follows two prior Christmas Tree Videos:

Christmas Tree, 2016 featuring original music composed and played by the late, great, J.L. Autrey

Christmas Tree, 2010 featuring the Autrey family Orchestra.

Exquisite Corpse Animation

A family vacation drawing game, becomes an animation

Latest Creative Efforts

 Top:  36 x 36 oil on stretched canvas.  "Gull Wading at Stinson Beach"

Bottom:  55 x 70 Suburbia Quilt.  Cotton with wool Batting.  

New Video! Falling Into Winter

The older I get, the more I appreciate autumn.  This video is a 2+ minute photo montage, with an original soundtrack featuring Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata theme (played and recorded by me using my Yamaha MX88), and some novel effects.  With over 80 images, the video is a celebration of a beautiful time of year, as photographed in and around Marin County over several seasons.   

What Am I Doing Here?

 Repainted portrait of young Lucy time traveling forward to land at Drakes Beach.  Somehow the expression raises the question, "what am I doing here?"

Kitty Cats and the Mountain Lion - new Oil Painting

 New Oil on Stretched Belgian Linen 28 x 22 x 1/1/4.  Using a reference photo of the Nicasio reservoir and an old photo of Amber, shot in Texas, it made sense to add a mountain lion.

Having Fun with Photoshop Neural Filters

Photoshop has a new feature where you can run an image through a filter to make it look like another style of art.  Top:  Sam in Greece with a neural filter from an old "at the beach" watercolor.  Bottom three: I took a photo of two roses in a blue vase, and ran that through a filter of an original fabric design, done in illustrator, of a Paenibacillus bacteria, and ended up with the 2nd to top image.  Endless possibilities!  So many ways to avoid housework!

It Rained Too Much at One Time!

Power lines down, streets closed, creeks close to overflowing; creeks which were completely empty one week ago.  Exciting taking photos in the storm (2nd from top pic shows rain falling, bottom shows drops on the window.) Mother nature is certainly a force to be reckoned with.
 

It Rained!

 and the leaves are falling!  Never been so happy to feel raindrops or welcome fall.  

Los Tres Amigos

 A new series of bird people?  Los Tres Amigos.  8x10 oil on linen.

#3 Mini Landscapes of Marin County

 View of Pt. Reyes Station from the tidal flats.  5x7 oil on linen.

New Oil Paintings September/October

 Top to Bottom:

1.  Playing in Mud at the Estero 18x24x1.5 oil on stretched canvas.  

2.  Parts 2 if 5 of a 5x7 oil-on-linen mini landscape series:  

    a)  Northern California Quarry & Hills

    b)  Winding Road to Mustard Fields

Human/Nature Interface - New Oil Painting Mock-Ups

Contemplating a new series of 8x10 oil paintings that combine the human form with floral motifs.  As I age, I'm more and more aware of the evolution of the body back to nature.  
 

A Touch of Blue Video Featuring Botanicals from the UC Botanical Garden

 Photo highlights from multiple day trips to UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley, over several years, with an original soundtrack.

The Taylor Twins at Limantour Beach

 Little 8x10 oil on linen.

The 12 Signs of the Zodiac Animated to Music

My latest video is an animation of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, set to an original score created with my Yamaha MX88 based on the piano waltz "Dolores," composed by Emile Waldteufel.

Bird on a Bough

 8 x 10 x 1 1/4" oil on stretched canvas.  The bird might be wondering what in the world is happening to us right now between fire, poor air quality, running out of water, poor governance, viruses run amok and a general state of dystopia.

Young J.L., Blue

 Young J.L. Blue.  I tried and tried to paint a decent likeness of young J.L., but failed so I painted her blue!  8x10 oil on linen.  

Young E.A.: Two Versions Animated

 8x10 Oil on Linen painting of my father, the late, great, E.A. Autrey, before he was my father.  I painted two versions, although only the last version physically remains.  The version painted over exists now only in the digital realm.

Blue Bird of Happiness

 Another new painting, in a slightly different style.  I am incapable of any kind of consistency, but experimentation is what keeps me sane.  This is a common subject matter since birds make me happy.  Oil on cradled board 12 x 9.

Cat Entertainment

Short video featuring three artful cats being entertained by two birds and two rats with an original soundtrack featuring classic music.