Fall gourds and pumpkins
Bring color and homemade pies
To September homes.
Art Prescription: Fall color has to bring out the artist in you! Gourds, pumpkins, and fall bouquets add a dash of orange and red everywhere. Bring a fall still-life home and sketch it…now add watercolor…open the windows and breathe fresh air!
September blue sky
Yellow-brown leaves spiral down
Nature heads for rest.
Art Prescription: It’s still pretty hot out there. We rode bikes on Tobacco Trail today. Now grilling some fresh NC eggplant, squash, pepper, and onion, to go over a pasta with some NC feta cheese! There are subtle fall hints in the air. Nature is just a little more quiet, done with their big spring and summer jobs…ready for a bit of a rest. I love living in an area that has definitive seasonal change. It’s refreshing! Here is a painting that I started as a demo last weekend at my Art Prescription workshop.
Fresh bright green string beans
Local NC caught swordfish
Capers, salt, pepper.
Art Prescription: Every Tuesday after yoga there is a LoMo Market ( a farmer’s market on wheels) that makes fresh NC produce, baked goods, and seafood available. I look forward to seeing “what’s for dinner!,” and like supporting local businesses and farmers. Plus it’s a clever idea to bring fresh produce into neighborhoods on a weekly basis. Makes shopping and cooking so much more creative…just go see “what’s for dinner” at your local farmer’s market!
Morning light pours in
Abundant day ahead, stretch…
French roast coffee brews.
Art Prescription: What are your first thoughts in the morning? Be the observer…do you start of with “getting out of the wrong side of the bed?” Or do you stretch and think about all the possibilities a day might bring. Sam and I hiked in Umstead Forest today. A sandy, rocky, path along Crabtree Creek. A few wildflowers, but mostly shade plants like ferns. Saw a big beautiful black snake cooling him/her/self on the rocks of the old mill. From there we visited the Raleigh Farmer’s Market where we bought fresh peaches, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions, and some lovely organic soap with bergamot and oatmeal.
Tomatoes, peppers
Onion, fresh cilantro, mix
Cook for the spirit.
Art Prescription: Cooking is about so much more than add heat and stir. It’s about shopping for fresh produce, local if you are lucky, and preparing dinners that fill a house with the aroma of love.
Thunder booms, nice rain
Asparagus, shallot quiche
Live in the moment.
Art Prescription: I find myself as of late anxiously wondering about the future. Checking my email frequently for that one company I’d love to license with. In the mean time busy submitting new art for 2013 product. Art licensing requires you to live a bit in the future…future trends…future possibilities. My evening walk was side-tracked by a thunder-storm. So I set about to bake a quiche. What’s in the fridge? Asparagus. Nice. Reminding myself to live in the moment I layer shallots, asparagus, and freshly cut basil from my garden with mozzarella cheese. This aroma now fills my house.
Big ripe juicy peach
Drips run down my hands and fall
On bare shoeless feet.
Art Prescription: Summer peaches…yum. I’ve been buying them by the bunch at our local farmer’s market. Eating a ripe peach is a sensual experience! First you smell it…ripe. Then take a big juicy bite into the sweet flesh. Juice explodes into your mouth and if you don’t have a paper towel, runs down your hands. Peaches like this are meant to be eaten sitting on a porch in bare feet soaking up summer sun. Bite after juicy bite drips through your hands and onto your toes. Now you have properly eaten a golden ripe peach!!
Big fat bumble bees
Buzz Purple Veronica
Land bloom after bloom.
Art Prescription: Breaking records here in NC, heat wave. Supposed to be 105 degrees with a 115 degree heat index this weekend, wicked hot. Home from work I ventured out to make sure all my pretties were well watered. No matter what, my time outside brings me peace. The bees seemed not bothered by the heat as they flew from bud to bud drinking sweet Purple Veronica nectar. For me a bit of nature time helps me decompress from work, gives me time to think and examine nature, life.
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