first snow of the year
flakes big, small and in between
snapshot from childhood 🦊❤️
As I walked watching the snow falling against the backdrop of black and white looking trees, the camera in my mind snapped and developed a childhood memory. 🦊❤️
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1231. finding a way
it was not easy
to find the nerve to paint you
start… stop… grrrr… tommy!!! 🦊❤️
My latest painting, “Tommy” sat unfinished for nearly 6 months. I could not “solve the problem” of how to paint him. Recently I tried to finish the painting while in a period of being “blocked” artistically. After a day’s effort I decided that it was time to abandon the effort after making a mess of the piece. I decided to stop trying and just toss the work in progress. After being urged on by Yulan combined with my own stubbornness, I painted over the mess I made of Tommy’s form and started again. Mark by mark, Tommy started to appear. It is a 16”x20” acrylic work. As with all my paintings… I look at the finished painting and ask, “How did I do that?” I hope you enjoy looking at “Tommy”. 🦊❤️
1230. unfolding of the moments of art
a web of branches
a drab gray sky as background
then enter the geese 🦊❤️
Every single second of every single day there is a work of art unfolding before our eyes waiting to be appreciated. That may be an over the top statement… but it is true. 🦊❤️
1229. making marks
i’m not a painter
i make marks on the canvas
i try not to think 🦊❤️
I took a hiatus from painting and could not get restarted. Inspiration was lacking… I lost my confidence. I lost the feel of what I do. “Just make marks… stop thinking… just put marks on the canvas… have no plan… just make marks… just make marks” So I just started making marks. I started to feel excitement when I looked at what just making marks can do. On your mark, get set. Go! 🦊❤️
1228. task of being a totem
gravity at work
a beech totem grows smaller
the stand… on its knees 🦊❤️
There is a section of trail that is inhabited by a stand of Beech trees that are in various states of death and dying. Each of them will shoulder the task of serving as a totem of remembrance as they disappear limb by limb… then particle by particle back into the earth. 🦊❤️
1227. a matter of time
given time and space
all of our fabrications
nature will reclaim 🦊❤️
I love seeing the many signs that nature is always waiting to reclaim its untarnished territory. While mankind believes that it is entitled to exist forever regardless of how “forever” is achieved… all of the little plants and critters just laugh and wait. 🦊❤️
1226. new year quiet
last sky of the year
a garden resting till spring
a quiet takes hold 🦊❤️
Happy New Year to all! I hope that this is a great year for everyone. Wishing most for everyone is that in the midst of making 2024 a great year, you will allow a peaceful quietness to grow inside you regardless of what 2024 may bring your way. 🦊❤️
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