I’m annoyed with the gridlock in D.C. They’ll bicker, and never get anything done. This figure represents a quote I heard from a young mother. She said “We’re okay as long as nothing bad happens.” How long can we walk a tightrope with no jobs and the Tea Party fanatically dismantling the social safety net?
late summer wild flowers
There are so many shades of purple in our local wild flowers. Chicory, ironweed and gentian, with a dash of yellow from the goldenrod. You don’t see this combo in a city.
Back to work
The 14th Annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is over. Friday was disappointing, but Sat. was good. Revenues and attendance down from last year, but that was expected. Unemployment is HIGH in our community, starting with yours truly. I didn’t sell a single thing. I was sooo disappointed to not get any support. But I mentioned it, and FCCA has given me a grant to cover my rent thru the end of the year. So that was something.
This series deals with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). When people monkey with nature, especially for profit, things don’t look, smell or taste the same.
less cardinal
My impression this morning was of a Christmas Chicken, no Cardinal. When something’s not right, add more paint.
Holly and Cardinal
I want to abstract the cardinal. 
Sisters
I did this series of red daylilies, in descending size. After I finished and was thinking of a title, Sisters hit me. Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t have a sister.
more Vision
This puppy’s been hanging around for over a year. I saw an artist that used smudged fields of white, so I gave it a try. The lines thru the center of the iris are actual strands of monofilament that I poked thru the canvas.
Genetik
The progression was collage last winter, painting flowers on small canvases in the spring, and now painting on collage. This one will be primed and the same image of the red daylily will be painted over it. The idea is that when man starts bioengineering and fiddling with plant genomes in order to corner the market on food production, there are unexpected consequences.
Vision
I worked on this, some more.
putting the time in
The more time I put in at the studio, the more I get out of the experience
. Huh!