Underneath the new
Fresh green canopy, there still
Lies the cool blue shade.
Art Prescription: As the days warm up, I look for spots under the shade for a respite from the sun.
Watercolor 8 1/2 x 11
blue and white
One Day February 13, 2015
Sunrise to sunset
The light starts, then fades softly
Blue skies in between.
Art Prescription: Lovely day to see both the sunrise and the sunset.
Simply blue and white watercolor 8 1/2 x 11
After a Ride June 21, 2014
After morning ride
She gets a spray, cool water
Returns to the hay.
Art Prescription: Rode Miss Lacey this morning. Went early to beat the heat. I love spraying her down with cool water, washing the saddle-marked sweat from her white body. She enjoys it too! I return her to the paddock where fresh hay awaits. A grazing horse…Zen.
Winter Sky December 3, 2013
Big hawk swoops across
Winter sky, grey-blue, cloudy
Garden still and brown.
Art Prescription: A response to my day…blue and white.
Watercolor November 17, 2013
Watercolor swirls
Negative painting makes snow
Seasonal delight!
Art Prescription: I taught an Art Prescription workshop today, holiday card making. It’s so fun to play with swirly trees!
Haiku October 20, 2012 Three-sixty
Life does three-sixty
In one full twenty-four hours
Lights, camera, NOW!
Art Prescription: Life can be so quiet, or so busy it makes your head spin!! One day can drag out hour by hour, or be spent racing with the clock. Time is funny that way.
Haiku September 26, 2012 Time
Time marches forward
Like a lion free from cage
And never looks back!
Art Prescription: Ever wonder what life was like before clocks or calendars? Humans lived a long time by the sun, moon, and stars…sounds peaceful doesn’t it? Now we have a gazillion gadgets that constantly remind us we are racing with time. Facebook has made us a constant observer and publisher of our own lives and a voyeur of others. (disclaimer – I like Facebook) Tomorrow is Thursday and time for me to leave my studio for my nursing job. My goal for this week was to get my new “Mandala Blue” collection out to a table-top company! and I did! A word on persistence by Lebanese poet Hoda al-Namai:
I have not withdrawn into despair,
I did not go mad in gathering honey,
I did not go mad,
I did not go mad,
I did not go mad.
Haiku September 15, 2012 Meditation
Sauna heat rises
I begin meditation
Some guy smacks on gum!
Art Prescription: Sometimes it’s hard to tune others out. As I sat there though, eventually the popping and clicking faded away as I tried to focus on my breath. Working on several different mock-ups for a new collection…have not named it yet…what would you call it? Here is the pillow!
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