STILL LIVELIES

# 1

Watercolor, chalk and black walnut ink

!5” x 20”

# 2

Watercolor, gouache, and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

# 3

Watercolor, and brown walnut ink

15” x 20”

# 4

Watercolor and walnut ink

20” x 15”

#5

watercolor and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

#6

Watercolor and brown walnut ink

15” x 20”

#7

Watercolor and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

#8

Watercolor and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

#9

Watercolor and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

#10

Watercolor and black walnut ink

20” x 15”

#11

Watercolor and black walnut ink

20” x 15”

#12

Watercolor and black walnut ink

10” x 14”

#13

Watercolor and black walnut ink

10” x 14”

# 14

Watercolor and inks

15” x 20”

# 15

Watercolor and black walnut ink

15” x 20”

WOMEN IN THEIR PLACES

ALL THAT JAZZ

Quality Shout

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

A Good Man is Hard to Find

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Happy as the Day is Long

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Stoppin' the Traffic

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Struttin' with Some Barbecue

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Sweet Man

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

That Big Crazy Thing

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

The Ramble

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

The Vine Street Rag

2018, 11.5" x 8.5", mixed media collage

Variety Stomp

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Sugarfoot Stomp

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

Sweet Rhythm

2018, 11.5” x 8.5”, mixed media collage

PAPER WASP NEST

# 1

Watercolor and gold pigment on rice paper

17” x 15 1/2”

# 2

Watercolor on rice paper

20” x 20”

# 3

Watercolor on rice paper

# 4

Watercolor on Arches paper

# 5

Gouache on Arche paper

10” x 14”

# 6

Gouache on Arche paper

# 7

Watercolor on rice paper

10” x 7”

# 8

Watercolor on rice paper

17 1/2” x 13”

# 9

Watercolor on rice paper

15” x 14”

SNOW GEESE MIGRATION

Bosque del Apache I

Watercolor 2019

15” x 10”

Bosque del Apache II 2019

Watercolor and silver ink

24” x 18”

Bosque del Apache III 2019

watercolor

24” x 18”

Bosque del Apache IV 2019

Watercolor

24” x 18”

Bosque del Apache V 2019

Watercolor

24” x 18”

Bosque del Apache VI 2019

W/C and opaque white

20” x 14.75”

Bosque del Apache VII 2019

Watercolor

20” x 14.75”

Bosque del Apache VIII 2019

Watercolor and opaque white paint

12” x 9”

Bosque del Apache IX 2019

Watercolor

17 1/2” x 23”

Bosque del Apache X 2019

Oil on canvas

20” x 30”

WEEDS, ROCKS, AND RAILS

The Title comes from the one person Show at Atlantic Gallery in New York with work inspired by the New York City Park called the Highline, an elevated discarded railroad bed transformed into walking paths and gardens based on the wild plants and flowers that survived and thrived there over the years.

Paintings, prints, drawings, shower curtains, and a film were all part of the show.

Weeds On Rails

30" x 30", oil on canvas, 2009

Along the Rails

15 " x 19" monoprint

Digitalis

14" x 18", oil on canvas

Grass Slump I

11" x 12" monoprint

Lawn ll

2009 - 11x14 watercolor

Lawn lV

2009 - 11x14 watercolor

Lawn III

11' x 14", watercolor

Mullein

!2" x 12" oil on canvas

Seed Heads

18'x 16". monoprint

Digitalis

2009,10" x 14", collage on canvas

Urban Delight

18" x 16" monoprint 2009

Evening Highline

2009, 72" x 72", oil on wood panels

Double Rails

2009, 22" x 30", mixed media

Green Highline

2009, 72" x 73". oil on panels

Hosta

2009, 16" x 20", oil

Joe Pie Weed

2009, 28" x 22', oil on canvas

Meadow I

2009, 21" x 29", mixed media

October Array

2009, 18" x 16", monoprint

October on Rails

2009, 11" x 15" drawing, mixed media

Plantway

2009, 24" x 30", oil on canvas

Pokeweed

2009, 16' x 20", oil on canvas

Railside

2009, 11" x 20", monoprint

Red Gate

2009, 11" x 14", collage

Weed Dance

2009, 52" x 74", charcoal

Rhapsody

2009, 24" x 36", oil on canvas

Shower curtain #1

2009

Rhubarb and More

2009, 68" x 56", oil on wood

Rocks and Weeds

2009, 22" x 28", oil on canvas

Shower Curtain 2

2009

FERRIES BLUFFS AND BUOYS

Almost all of the postcards are images from collages made in a 4" x 5" format .The use of recycled palette paper pages and torn up watercolors, and other detritus from around the studio was part of the project .The subject of the coastlines came from navigating the Narragansett Sound en route and around Block Island. Also exploration of the Hudson River as seen from its banks, on shore, particularly looking at the Bear Mountain Bridge and Storm King Mountain.

Introduction by Thurston Clark, author of Searching for Crusoe.

To order please send $25 ( postage included) to

Josie Merck, P O Box 371, Cos Cob, CT, 06807

Interstate Navigation XII

Coastal Feature XV

Cover of the Book

Coastal Feature III 2000

Bluffs 2000 19" x 23" oil on canvas

Coastal Feature IX

Interstate Navigation XVI

Interstate Navigation X

Coastal Feature V

Coastal Feature VI

Coastal Feature X

Coastal Feature XI

Coastal Feature XIII

Coastal Feature XIV

Horizon

Interstate Navigation XII

Interstate Navigation II

Interstate Navigation VI

Interstate Navigation IX

Interstate Navigation Vll

Interstate Navigation VllI

Interstate Navigation X

Navigation

October II

October IV

October IX

October VII

October III

Red Buoy

Road and Buoy

GRAY WHALES OF BAJA

The Gray Whales of Baja is a book of poems by Wendy Larsen with pictures by Josie Merck.

To order please send $25 ( postage included) to

Josie Merck, P O Box 371, Cos Cob, CT, 06807

Disappearance

2006, 14" x 16", oil on panel

Cruising Along

2007, 16" x 18", collage

Mother and Calf

2007, 35" x 35", oil on canvas

Mother and Child

2007, 14" x 16", oil on panel

Man and Whale

2007, 22" x 22", oil on canvas

Whale Flying

2007, 21" x 31", oil on canvas

Leap

2007, 11" x 16", collage

Silver Tail

2007, 15.5" x 17", collage

Whales Cavorting

2007, oil on canvas

Night Surge

2007, 18.5" x 15.5", collage,

Whale Vocabulary

2007, 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", charcoal

STANDING SCREENS

Winter Bamboo

2002, 68" x 66", oil on panel

Green Highline, 2009; 72x72; Oil on Wood

Standing screen with three panels

Green Highline, 2009; 72x72; Oil on Wood

Three paneled standing screen.

Rhubarb and More, 2009, 68" x 56", oil on wood

Standing screen with decorative painting on the back side.

Verso of Rhubarb and more

Blue Woods

Two panel screen

Blue Cedar Bridge

2003 69x88 oil on wood

Peat Pond

2003 69x88 oil on wood

Great God Birds

72" x 70", oil on panel

Green Pond

69" x 66", oil on panels, 2006

Blue Float

88" x 68 ", oil on panel, 2003

Dark Night

68" x 56", oil on panel, 2006

CRITTERS

A Collection of 28 Postcards, published in 2008, of paintings, prints,and drawings in a variety of media, covering the wide array of creatures experienced in the life of the artist. Introduction by the artist.

To order a book please send $25, postage included, to

Josie Merck, P O Box 371, Cos Cob, CT, 06807