A blue bird of hope
Lives within the open heart
Ready to take flight.
Art Prescription: My chop says, “hope,” or “rare expectation” in Chinese.
Watercolor:
birds
Last Call November 22, 2016
Chickadees protest
The warm early setting sun
As the chill sinks in.
Watercolor and colored pencil:
Listen Up October 23, 2016
Not birds entirely
In contrast with things that sing
The mind and the wind.
Art Prescription: Sometimes the mind and the wind whip around without direction, a force not to be tamed, but acknowledged.
Abstract watercolor:
Geese October 16, 2016
In the gloaming now
The geese line up to take flight
And with one sound, whoosh!
Art Prescription: I love watching animals communicating. They seem to do such a better job than us humans. In unison bird flocks, horse herds, and geese make a move at the same time, as if choreographed.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor with pen and ink
Endings October 13, 2016
Heard the news today
People and things come and go
The circle of life.
Art Prescription: One of my favorite horses is leaving the farm. I will miss this gentle giant, and grieve. Gives a slight meaning to “birds of a feather.”
Watercolor 8 1/2 x 11
Nature Collage October 11, 2016
Nature specimens
Watercolor discipline
A technique practice.
Art Prescription: Bird feathers and eggs are a good way to explore the many ways to lay down watercolor on paper. Today in my studio we explored wet on wet, and blending watercolors.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Flower to Seed August 28, 2016
Purple coneflower
Petals whither, fresh thistle
For yellow goldfinch.
Art Prescription: I so enjoy hearing the sweet sound of the goldfinches coming for thistle.
Watercolor with my chop that says “hope”
Observation August 16, 2016
Perfect design, flight
The ability to soar
Over great expanse.
Art Prescription: Ever look up at a bird soaring on wind currents and wonder what that would be like? Just drifting along at a pace designed by nature. The here and now…
Watercolor and Colored Pencil 8 1/2 x 11
August Leaves August 11, 2016
Through the August leaves
Families of birds fly on
Successful season.
Art Prescription: Parents and their offspring are frequenting my feeder. Fledglings sit twittering, waiting for the parent to feed them. Parents shuffle in the seed, trying to teach their young to eat on their own. Successful parenting is huge.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Now July 27, 2016
In this moment, now
I feel peace, content, and safe
A mantra for all.
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