roots

tree by the dairy


A study of a tree in pencil, with the ever present grounding wall. 

Drawing on inner reserves

Goose Creek flow

Winter wonderland, my foot! 

So far, just a dusting of snow, but still such a bleak landscape much of the time (aside from dawn and dusk psychedelic skies) ... now back to the black and white and tonal work (with occasional  episodes of color)... going with the flow. 

Things flow slowly in the wintertime (see below... dog flowing slowly, in sleep, over the chair; water flowing slowly, iced over;  Swiss Brown flowing slowly, walking the pasture. 

Artist, flowing slowly, very slowly and mindfully, ingesting it all, and letting the state of flow happen. 

How long did it take to paint a painting?

Years. Years of looking, drawing, learning.

So blessed to have an opportunity to do what the heart and spirit ask at this time.

Chloe-flow

Brown Swiss flow

Reflections

January 21, 2013 Reflection of the dawn sky

Reflecting on life - past and present reflections will be posted for a few days:

the sky in a small puddle or the intense cobalt glow of normally murky brown water, or strong vertical lines and rhythms dancing as they reflect the towering tree trunks surrounding a temporary pool of rainwater... a reflection on temporary and fleeting visions.

Swans Reflecting

Young Eagle, Reflecting in Flight

Looking Back

Puddle Sky

Puddle on a Bridge

Reflections at Chincoteaugue

Raindrops Shattering  the Surface of a Puddle

Reflections in a Tidal Marsh (watercolor on Paper, sold)

Reflections in the Bay on the Cape (watercolor on paper, sold)

Large Marsh Reflections (Oil on linen canvas)

Reflections in a Marsh (oil on canvas, sold)

Marsh Reflections (Mixed Media on paper, sold)

Marsh Reflections Abstracted (Mixed Media on Paper, sold)

AND som e reflections on time passing 

"Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days..."

Sunrise this morning. the curtain swiftly rises:

and sunset this evening, several stages, the curtain slowly closes:

Wet and Wild

1/15/2013 Sopping, Soggy, Slippery, Mulchy

Soggy, chilly morning,

very late bus, so I drove my daughter to school, fortunately, otherwise I would have missed the regal bald eagle perched high in a tree on my way home.

Posting a few photos of him. I have no telephoto, so they're not very clear.

Also posting a few other soggy morning pictures - you can almost smell the moss and wet leaves.

Driving home through Rectortown

Fallen Tree

Almost Glowingly White Fungi

Regal Eagle

Taking Flight

That Sky of Mine

Always... something going on in the sky.

Here was the plane, breaking the clouds, to allow the horse to run free in the sky!

(painting is still  "in-the-works.")

On the way home, a small ball of color in the sky:

Big Bug...lively world

That's what I see here... and not a friendly big bug:

My Dad turned me on to seeing things in the everyday items... he'd poke 4 toothpicks in a lemon, 

2 cloves for the eyes, and use the peeler to make a curly tail, and I'd walk in to see a funny yellow pig on the counter. Nothing was ever boring. But now I can't drive down a road without seeing faces in rocks and grasping trees... and everything imaginable is in the sky/clouds. It's a lively world.

Today's colors and energies!

It was a wet day with lots of vibrant mosses and lichen...