A fast dash to the local roses at the neighbours. Beautiful again. Too gorgeous to resist! These delicate ethereal roses just budding herald the new day and a new week. Enjoy these delightful beauties.
Delicate Rose
Layers of Petals
Tiny Pink Rose bud
In Spain the lovely passion flower has been called “Espina de Christo” Christ’s thorns. Apparently around the 15th century Spanish Christian missionaries decided that this flower with its unique structures would make a good symbolic flower. The sharp leaf tips were to symbolise the Holy Lance; the tendrils symbolise the whips used on the […]
In landscapes, paints, flowers…. my eye is always drawn to the blue/orange complement combination. The land around Perth, up north near Kalbarri has beautiful and rich terracotta tones. Perfect, inspirations. Land and Sea Complements The boulders and escarpments….. Fiery orange. That ignites the earth when the last light of the sun touches […]
I took a Zen Stroll in the early morning air. My first in several long weeks, it was wonderful. The morning air was pleasant. Relaxing. Summer is ending in Perth at last…. and I’m anticipating the glorious delights of getting to go outdoors for my Zen Strolls. I wonder, what awaits….. I can’t be […]
Paper Love, or shall I say “paper-philia?” Printmaking, Asian papers, watercolor, pastel and handmade papers… I do love good paper. Gorgeous Papers Watercolor Loose and Easy began its first session yesterday at Atwell Gallery, Perth. It was fabulous. Discussing watercolor basic materials, and the many types of Watercolor papers, those most beneficial to beginners, was […]
Our family grew up in Washington state, the Evergreen state, home of Mt. Rainier. Prior posts, I may have mentioned a few times something about the ever-present grey skies and drizzle. I left out The Mountain. Probably due to said clouds obscured it so often! Mt. Rainier is surrounded by national and state forests […]
What is it, that truly, defines “art”? Perhaps Thomas Merton gives insight with his words…. “Art, enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thus, those things that allow us to do this – meet my definition of Art.
