Warm golden petals unfurling create a medley of abstract and interlocking shapes and designs. Drawing you nearer. Hugging you closer. My favorite color of rose has always been a warm golden yellow. The color evokes a warm, cheery inviting feeling but it energises as well. When the flower is nearly at its midpoint […]
It is a Return to regular programming, Monday morning magic is back! I’m sharing a medley of bright and floral colors, paintings, flowers I’ve gathered together in 3 posts today. Each, suits the mood perfectly for my Monday, how about yours?! Medley of Color I Field of flowers A magical medley amidst a […]
This is how I’m starting my Monday off: Paint for paint’s sake. Just looking at the painting with those Color bursts and the magical medley of color – makes me sing. On a Monday. So today – No instructions, no worries. Nor thoughts of pixels, stats, what’s popular, or Lightroom. I will […]
Cobalt Teal Blue ushers in a return to Silly Saturday! This relaxed mixed media abstract painting seems to float and drift peacefully across the paper. Silly Art Fun on a Saturday I had this painting waiting, for the finish of the long Zen Series. And it is actually meant to be viewed after […]
The 7th Day of Zen arrives! After a wonderful, enlightening artistic journey the final element of the Zen Art Series is Simplicity – “kanso.” In other words, keeping it simple. Simplicity. Simplifying. Simple Simple is not as easy as it sounds. Our minds and eyes seem to be always racing somewhere. Racing down the […]
Only in Stillness can I see, can I hear….the whisper thin song of the predawn cricket that fades into silence as the sun breaches the far horizon. There, in that space of time I have found a subtle and delicate grace and beauty. Such Beautiful Findings. Delight the soul. Inspire the creative […]
Watercolor, perfect for gentle laid back relaxing. Whether its shrouded marshland, or peach tinted skies these paintings are wonderfully contemplative.
“Old pond – frog jumps – the sound of water” Matsuo Basho This wonderful Haiku has a cadence and balance to it that is so Zen! Its very unevenness, asymmetrical syllables create a finely tuned, oddly perfect beauty. Zen and its branches The master Japanese poet Matsuo Basho (1644 – […]
A fun and happy blend of blues make this a Zen Beauty! I combined the blues with lovely deep crevices and textures suggesting boulders or …. perhaps a mountainside. This is an acrylic painting on triple textured masonite wood board with multiple glazes to create that rich and layered look. I found all the many […]
Without artifice or pretence. Uncontrived. A loveliness of the Natural world. “Shizen” defines this spontaneous element of Wabi Sabi. An approach to viewing art and seeing beauty in non traditional ways! 7 Days of Zen continues with part IV showcasing Nature at her finest. The Natural Beauty. Shizen. The beauty that exists […]