This tree fell on our power lines this winter and did a lot of damage. The repairmen cut it up. Now it has these lovely blooms. Should we tell the tree that it’s toast?
the whole bloomin’ thing
I dropped off some new work at Art on Depot. This yellow daylily is appropriate for the festival on Frog Level this Saturday, and Art after Dark Fri. from 6-9.
Xeris
As I added more paint, I dropped some letters. I live in a rain forest, so it might seem strange to do a series on Xeriscape. I strongly believe that people need to pay attention to the plants that thrive in their region without insane irrigation.
Words, words
This is a small, 16″x20″ , painting on canvas of the word Xeriscape. I started w/ the idea of just using graphite and white paint. I saw a beautiful painting that was done that way when the artist was desperately poor. I have many tubes of many colors, and I can’t resist. I did go back into some wet paint w/ vine charcoal. The trick there is to decide how much mixing I wanted to do. I also did some pouring. As I continue to find out, more paint is better!
Corn
From a photo, it really is this color. Honest!
JMW Turner
I saw a painting by turner of a castle in the fog. I took this photo on a foggy winters day, so I thought I’d do something similar. This is day one.
Musicians
Progress.
Bluegrass Jam
The Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is Aug. 27 & 28. This is from a photo of a previous Jam.
Recycled
This is a big piece of canvas, about 7’x13′. I started working on it in ’97 after the death of my parents. We’ve hauled it around ever since. I thought of it for “The Good Wreck”. It is challenging to integrate a new painting on top of an old one, and it may fail, but I’ll never know unless I try.
Changes
Little did I know when I started thinking of these spirals as “Changes” how prescient that was. Gregg’s crash certainly has changed our lives. We are thankful that no other cars or people were involved.