Tree and Sky (Winter) #4

T. Renner, "Tree and Sky (Winter) #4," 2009, digital photograph.

Tree and Sky (Winter) #3

T. Renner, "Tree and Sky (Winter) #3," 2009, digital photograph.

Tree and Sky (Winter) #2

T. Renner, "Tree and Sky (Winter) #2," 2009, digital photograph.

Tree and Sky (Winter) #1

T. Renner, "Tree and Sky (Winter) #1," 2009, digital photograph.

Corn

T. Renner, "Corn," 2009, digital photograph.

Winter House #2

T. Renner, "Winter House #2," 2009, digital photograph.

Merry Christmas

T. Renner, "X-Mas 2009," 2009, digital photograph.

Winter House #1

T. Renner, "Winter House #1," 2009, digital photograph.

Trestle

T. Renner, "Trestle," 2009, digital photograph.

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #10

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #10," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #10

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #10," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #9

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #9," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #9

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #9," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #8

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #8," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #8

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #8," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #7

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #7," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #7

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #7," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

[Note: I received this excellent -- except that it turned out to be spam (since deleted) -- comment in Russian (translated by Babelfish):

"Intimas of acquaintance without sms and any nonsense… find and you to itself partner. Is the [partrerskaya] program [of] And small anecdote for the reflection. Purchased peasant to himself into the chicken coop of new rooster. That generally some concerned was, on tens of hens during the day of [ebal]. Yes even not only hens, but generally entire bird, which it will see. And here once goes peasant in the chicken coop, and there rooster is dragged along dead in the puddle of mud, and they were gathered around the crow. Peasant tells the rooster: - That zh you so, Pete, yourself did not keep? That opens slightly one eye and hisses: - Bough, you [spugnesh] crows, you to [vyebu]."

Originally posted December 15, 2009.

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #6

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #6," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #6

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #6," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #5

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #5," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #5

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #5," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #4

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #4," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #4

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #4," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #3

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #3," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #3

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #3," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #2

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #2," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #2

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #2," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #1

T. Renner, "Variation for Johnny Rotten (Submission) #1," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

Variation for Robert Motherwell #1

T. Renner, "Variation for Robert Motherwell #1," 2008, acrylic on paper, 4.5" x 4.5".

"Miraculous Mandarin #1" To Be Raffled Off

T. Renner, "The Miraculous Mandarin #1 (for Bela Bartok)," 2009, acrylic on paper, 5" x 7".

I donated this painting to the Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts to be raffled off at their annual "thank you" reception on Wednesday, December 9, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., at the Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar (across from the Pageant).

If you'd like to attend, please contact Sue Greenberg at vlaa at stlrac dot org.

"The Miraculous Mandarin #1" is one of a series of works that were inspired by a performance in November by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Grass

T. Renner, "Grass," 2007, acrylic on paper, 4" x 6".