This hummingbird was not successful.
GMO Flower
Not really. What is the goal? The flower industry is lucrative. I could use some money. Every movement has an effect. How do we prioritize? Short term vs. long term consequences.
Ravens or Crows
Ravens
steal shiny things, unripe fruit and nuts. As their habitat shrinks and is polluted, they adapt, sort of.
Peonies
This started as an abstract color field painting. The peony just butted in!
House paint
I’m enamored of the paint samples at Lowe’s. They change every season. Donna gives me coupons, so mostly I don’t buy them. I had these boxes, and the jars fit in them nicely.
I’m making a color chart, of all of the acrylic and latex paint that I have accumulated since quitting oils. It’s quite a range, and some are surprising. I had a huge array of oils, but since ITP, I’m staying away from the solvents. The skills of using acrylics are different from oils, and I get frustrated sometimes. And sometimes we make something rocking!
Detail
I am showing a detail of a painting that I’m working on. It’s acrylic on gessoed paper. I am also using latex paint, the cute samples that Lowes is putting out each season. I’m liking this one, the way that the paint is lively.
Tangled Web
This painting if of a Cereus, an outrageous red bloom. A flower that is about 8 inches across. I may not have captured the light coming through the leaves, but I did show
a human imposition on nature, the grid pattern. This painting is currently on display at Art On Depot. The tangled web was that my website was down last night as Lunar Pages had technical difficulties. We can ignore nature and our environment, but when it doesn’t work, we will be scrambling.
What is real?
We are surrounded by images, many of them electronic. Do you stop and think about the story that a picture is telling? Take time to ask what is real.
Globally
Woodpeckers are all over the world, but near trees with bugs, not cities with concrete. Where do paintings exist?
Senses
What happens when you ignore your senses? Instead of watching an electronic device, use your sense of sight to look around you. What is going on in nature around you? More trees, or less? Other senses. Is your environment quieter and peaceful, or noisier and more stressful. Can you affect anything?