Seven umbrellas
Nice and dry back at the house
Walking in the rain!
Art Prescription: Although had I been covered by an umbrella, I may not have seen the owl !
Colored pencil:
Still Life January 14, 2016
A huddle of leaves
A January still life
Together we fall.
Art Prescription: Perfect temperature for a nature walk. Lots of birds singing, robins, nuthatches, cedar waxwings, chickadees, cardinals. I was looking to see what might be coming out of the ground, but instead found this bunch of leaves an interesting subject.
Pen and Ink Sketch en plein air in my art journal and colored pencil once home:
Day-Dream January 13, 2016
Snow-bound in cabin
Deep in the woods, a fire roars
No place to go now.
Art Prescription: What?… Wake?… Get back to work? …Well it was good while it lasted!!
Acrylic on paper:
Snowflake January 12, 2016
Snow in the forecast
Low of twenty-one degrees
Winter in the south.
Art Prescription: Snow flurries are in the forecast which tends to excite folks in the south. Usually it’s lots of bread and milk, beer, and wine sold for sort of a tease.
Index card with collage and improvisational sewing:
Purple Haze January 11, 2016
Out of the purple
A field of wild irises
She ran with the wind.
Art Prescription: Sometimes you just have to go with it…
Watercolor:
Cold Front January 10, 2016
Cold front moving in
Wind whips tree branches, rattles
Blue birds hunker down.
Art Prescription: What a fuss? Blue birds claiming territory so early? Perhaps a warm box seems like a good idea!
Watercolor
Patchwork January 9, 2016
Life is a patchwork
All the pieces add up to
The one, only you.
Art Prescription: We are a sum of our experiences…
Fabric, colored pencil, sewing…
Submission January 8, 2016
Fooled by warm weather
Some flowers bloom with good cheer
Winter submission.
Art Prescription: In some ways we all must submit to winter. Yield…surrender…put on extra clothes…take a nap here and there. It seems in our DNA to hibernate a bit. Rest and rejuvenate.
Watercolor and acrylic 8 1/2 x 11
Thaw January 7, 2016
Piping hot shower
My bones begin to thaw, warm
A luxury now.
Art Prescription: Off work I skipped to my van thinking about how to spend my afternoon. R-R-R-R-R! The old girl wouldn’t start. Called my friend Kerry and she promptly brought jumper cables. “We” read the directions, she’s much better at these things! And R-R-R-R…nope.
AAA call put in. Waited in the cold for a bit too long. Kerry came again to tote my frozen bones home.
Wow. What a luxury a warm shower and warm clothes. Made me think of the homeless and how they suffer in the elements. Such things we take for granted daily, warmth, hot showers, home. I’m so grateful!!
Index card with collage and pen and ink, recycled holiday stamps:
Birds January 6, 2016
Warm sweat shirt and scarf
Backyard birds line up in trees
Carolina Wren.
Art Prescription: Spoiled birds…
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
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