A wonderful thing about watercolors…. you can crop them to create seemingly miraculous recoveries! I posted this Gordonia Watercolor painting some time ago, in its original format. But it has niggled at me. Annoyingly so. Liking the freedom of the white flower, the blue and golden orange combo I was reluctant to ditch […]
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 […]
