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Haiku June 25, 2012 Wife

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Precious beyond all

Who can find a good woman?

She is his reward.

Art Prescription:  Saw my little female blue bird again in the yard. Will she build another nest? Started two new paintings today with lots and lots of layers, kind of like a relationship. Started off with big broad strokes of many colors, then added a dimensional coat of just red. Then I painted the whole canvas white. From there I sanded the areas of red that I want to stand out. Big plans for these paintings!! While all that was drying I did a little sumi-ink painting of the Spice bush Swallowtail I saw the other day!

Haiku June 24, 2012 Home Improvement

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New minty green walls

Bright white trim, two coats, team work

Next stop bamboo floor!

Art Prescription:  Sam and I have been working on our home improvement projects for two solid weekends now. The painting is done! Next is the bamboo floor, which has to “rest” in the room for 72 hours before you lay it so the wood can adapt. We work pretty good as a team…a bit of irritability here and there, but overall we both enjoy a little hard work for the reward at the end. As with the many facets of life, you get back what you put in…Oh, and while doing this kind of painting, an idea for a new series came to me and I can’t wait to get back in my studio…stay tuned!!

Haiku June 22, 2012 Thunder

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Big billowing clouds

Climb upward with heavy dark

Thunder, lightening.

Art Prescription:  This time of year we can expect thunder-storms in the evening. It’s hot and humid, and all that moisture gets sucked back up into the atmosphere and has to go somewhere! Bottled energy. My garden is thankful for the downpour. I’m working on pen and ink drawings that I hope will be turned into stamps. If you ever study the lines of a flower you will certainly be seduced!

Haiku June 21, 2012 Spicebush Swallowtail

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Spicebush Swallowtail

Black, orange, and blue beauty

Looks for sweet nectar.

Art Prescription:  Out into the 100 degree heat I go after work to catch the bus to my car. Tired and grumpy, and hot, I wait for the next ride. Just then I spot a fluttering jewel out of the corner of my eye. No bus in sight, so I follow and wait patiently as she lands on the ground. Besides nectar from plants butterflies are often seen in the mud or around mud-puddles. They get certain minerals out of the soil. She posed perfectly for me and reset my attitude. A moment to marvel at the iridescent wings of a butterfly is just plain magic!

Haiku June 20, 2012 Summer Solstice

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Glow around edges

Silver lined Summer Solstice

June air sits on skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Prescription:  It finally feels like the June I know and love. Lots of sun, lots of heat, lots of gorgeous flowers. For every silver-lined cloud there is a thunder storm brewing, heavy rain on thirsty crops, and so the cycle repeats itself.

Haiku June 19, 2012 Bee Balm

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Las Vegas style hat

Red feathery flamboyant

Hummingbirds fancy!

Art Prescription:  Bee Balm is an exotic flower. Deep tones of red stand tall on sturdy green stalks. True to their name, the bees love them, and so do hummingbirds. While I water my garden I often get a fly by, fluorescent hummer zipping in and out of my water stream. Their long pointy beaks fit nicely into the Bee Balm vessels. Our lives are so filled with motion and activity. The garden always reminds me to stand still a moment and just watch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the composition of this sketch…it’s like lovers saying  “I need to tell you something.”

Haiku June 18, 2012 Girl Talk

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Girly walk and talk

Unselfconscious friends stride

Say what’s on their mind.

Art Prescription:  No matter how close you are with your significant other, a friend who you can walk and talk with is precious. This afternoon I took a break from my home remodel project to go for a nice afternoon walk with a good friend. We took a sandy path through a bit of woods to get over to the North Carolina Botanical Garden. I wanted to see the current art exhibit that features the teachers of the Botanical Illustration Program. Colored pencil, pastels, watercolor, and graphite, nice! a chance to have a meandering conversation, priceless! Black-eyed Susans at the garden, cheerful yellow dots of color.

Haiku June 17, 2012 Clean Slate

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Clean slate, start over

Neoteric, ambitious

A canvas of hope.

Art Prescription: Doing some home-work…painting, new floor, new bathroom design. WE are do-it-yourselfers. We obviously both enjoy hard work and the reward that comes from it. Our bonus room is getting a new coat of paint on the ceiling and walls, and a new bamboo floor. This room is my home office.

I went to swim after a day of painting to undo soreness, and I thought about how many people wish they could start their life over with a clean slate. Now that you know what you know, what would you do different? Fresh paint, fresh perspective…

 

Haiku June 15, 2012 Sunflowers

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Bout to bust open

Show off big yellow petals

Wide rich green veined leaves.

Art Prescription:  So, the squirrels planted a couple of sunflower seeds last fall in my deck pots. Now with regular water and sun, these “volunteers” are growing tall and about to bust a bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting quietly and sketching with pen and ink is so Zen. No matter what’s on your mind, you can escape for the moment and study your specimen. Stay in the moment…stay in the moment…life is all about moment to moment. When we spend too much time worrying about the past or the future we are literally losing the moments we are living. I’ve tried meditating, but sitting still is a problem for me. A moving meditation like walking or drawing, or swimming, works magic. Namaste.

Haiku June 14, 2012 Swallows

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Swallows swirl and float

Soar, twitter musically

Catch a ray of light.

Art Prescription:  After my first day back at my nursing job, I went out to water my garden and breathe in nature. I spent some time working on some pen and ink sketches…so rewarding studying something up close, and getting to knows its curves. I noticed a small flock of birds quite active over the tall pine trees. I sat down to watch them. Swallows! I sat for a while watching them swoop and dive and float chasing their evening meal. They are insectivores. It was like watching an aerial ballet! So relaxing and their calls to each other sweet, clicking I haven’t heard before. As they occasionally flapped their wings to stay afloat,  their pale colored bellies would catch the evening sun… take my breath.