April 25, 2011
early afternoon
Gibson Ranch
mid sixties, big puffy
cumulus that create a
game of hide & seek
with the sun
light breeze
out with Dee & friends,
both dogs
everyone has a camera -
girls shooting for class
I'm using my half broken
Nikon coolpix, sometimes
focuses/sometimes not -
mostly not -
Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
oasis completed
A final shot of "Oasis" before delivery - now I just need to get to the next deadline - twenty five pieces on the theme of Yosemite...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
work in progress
Work on this commission piece is coming along. I'm thinking it's going to be called "Oasis," as vernal pools are much like an oasis in the desert of the valley grasslands...
Monday, April 11, 2011
vernal beginnings
With my taxes done, I can get back to the work table and the next commission I need to finish, nearly a full year in the making. I shot the photos for this piece featuring a vernal pool at Mather Field just about a year ago. It's taken a bit for all the pieces to come together but I got the initial composition collaged and textured today, so I can start applying color tomorrow...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
outside the box statement
“Where Your Heart Is” marks the beginning of a new series of work I plan to display in the fall of 2011. Through this artwork, I am beginning to explore the concept of home as the complex layering of memories, relationships and place:
the scent of a specific flower
a particular palette of colors
the song of a certain bird
how the light filters through the trees and falls on the ground
the heat of a summer morning
a bond of shared experiences
a tugging in the human heart
Simultaneously, I am delving into the hope of an eternal home, perfect and complete, without any of the pain that overlays all that we now know.
In this piece, we peer through the gritty reality of earth hoping to see the light of heaven, to get a small foretaste of what will be, like the scent of dessert cooking during the evening meal.
the scent of a specific flower
a particular palette of colors
the song of a certain bird
how the light filters through the trees and falls on the ground
the heat of a summer morning
a bond of shared experiences
a tugging in the human heart
Simultaneously, I am delving into the hope of an eternal home, perfect and complete, without any of the pain that overlays all that we now know.
In this piece, we peer through the gritty reality of earth hoping to see the light of heaven, to get a small foretaste of what will be, like the scent of dessert cooking during the evening meal.
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