News takes breath away
Wide awake at four a. m.
Life is so fragile.
Art Prescription: Live in the moment of each day.
8 x 11 watercolor
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Summer Garden May 15, 2017
May garden grows tall
To produce July sweetness
Fruit of the labor.
Art Prescription: The corn fields seem to grow a foot a day…
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Garden Journal May 14, 2017
Red geraniums
And coral petunias
Join a hen and chicks.
Art Prescription: Good and dirty and tired…oh and showered, lol!
Cool May May 13, 2017
Very cool May Day
First day of neighborhood pool
Empty lounging chairs.
Art Prescription: Too cold for a swim.
Photo Friday May 12, 2017
My sweet Finn!
Close-Up May 11, 2017
Window to the soul
A place you gaze when in love
Where you find the truth.
Art Prescription: I did this sketch one night in bed. Added colored pencil just now.
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
One Bloom May 10, 2017
Pure simplicity
To practice one thing over
Until it feels right.
Art Prescription: I shy from doing things twice. Gemini…might get bored. But I do find great benefit from doing a series. I learn from each brush stroke.
Fresh Laundry May 9, 2017
Dried by sun and breeze
Clothes and towels hang on line
Load of fresh laundry.
Art Prescription: My grandmother’s towels smelled like fresh air and sunshine. I can see her right now with an apron on, clothespins in the pocket, reaching up to the clothesline to hang a fresh load of laundry.
8 1/2 x 11 mixed media sketch
Do Over May 8, 2017
Reincarnation
Pigs became fall at the lake
Tropical palm trees.
Art Prescription: Like life…art can be all over the place. And sometimes we need a “do over.” Today I had many of these as nothing I painted resonated with my soul.
Here is a many, many, layers final piece:
Re-worked May 6, 2017
Like the Eagle’s song
I’m pushing it to limits
With color and marks.
Art Prescription: Thinking last nights painting was a bit dull, I went back into it with color, graphite, and colored pencil. Could be just emotion…
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