Birds sing denial

As they hunker down in wind

A cold front moves in.

Art Prescription: We have had spring weather for a week. The birds are going crazy, and trees are bursting into bloom.

But…hold up. Winter is coming back and so don’t put your coat up yet.

Graphite sketch: can’t wait to paint!

Seventy-degrees

Ice-cream store parking is full

Respite from winter.

Art Prescription: spring is flirting with us on these warm days. Birds sing their mating calls.

I’m playing with new Caran D’ Ache crayons.

Remember…let go

Rewrite your story for now

Each chapter pure you.

Art Prescription: My last post was a dark emotional piece. Interesting not many readers “liked” it.

My Art Prescription mission has always been about using art to express emotions for the good of our health.

Tonight I reworked the house a bit. Our life stories go on and on, each day an opportunity to live authentically you.

Life is a work in progress.

Very loose mixed media:

By the old home place

The trees look big, the house small

Childhood memories.

Art Prescription: Funny how we remember things so much bigger when we are young.

The tire-swing on that backyard tree was still working. Banana seat bikes parked on the patio with chalk saying, “blue-racer.”

The stairs from one-split level to the next. Huge.

Wax crayons with water in my art journal:

Ball on frozen grass

Sits still, bereft of laughter

A winter playground.

Art Prescription: I wrote this haiku, then took the opportunity to play with pure graphite on a blue index card.

My chop says “hope.”

She wears lacy thongs

Leopard skin scarves wrap her neck

Red, cat-eyed glasses

Art Prescription: We are all cut from a different mold for sure. I think being at home with who you are and living gratefully in the body we have, is one key to contented life.

Watercolor pencil on 140 lb watercolor paper:

Four hundred fifty

The number of pounds of hay

To keep horses warm.

Art Prescription: Just home and showered after a chilly afternoon at farm. Temperatures tonight drop into the teens.

Our horses have thick natural coats, and to keep their metabolism radiating heat they get lots of hay.

Here’s Finn, the bay, and his roomie Frosty Girl huddled in their run-in shed.

I’ve got your back now

In the pouring rain and wind

Put your trust in me.

Art Prescription: Vet day at barn. The weather just made it harsh. Cold wind and rain. It’s been a tough winter. We have a great barn family and we will get through this!

Ava June getting X-rays.

Art Journal:

A wintry forecast

Has me thinking about warmth

Coffee, tea, blankets.

Art Prescription: So, the roads are salted. A powdered white dust may cover the asphalt.

Here in NC a simple dusting of wintry precipitation leads to the mass eradication of bread and milk.

Art Journal watercolor pencil sketch and then brushed with water:

Cold, courtship started

Relationships take much time

Investment in love.

Art Prescription: So even in the cold January wind birds begin their calls and courtship. Nature seems to know these things take time and commitment.

It’s all a natural build up to spring!

Watercolor pencil sketch then brushed with