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 […]
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 […]
Easter Sunday Contemplations….
A patina of grace. An eloquence that only time can give. This elegance that aging bestows upon a thing somehow transcends the modern notions of youthful, ‘perfect’ Beauty. As I continue on with Segment 3 of the 7 part Zen Series, the chosen Wabi Sabi element is “Koko.” The prior […]
The Freedom to express the hidden artist, to let go and speak out with my own voice has been a work in progress. It doesn’t happen overnight. Nor within the timespan of a short art course. I must look at art differently. Art is like life, and life is like art. I view art as […]
Spring bursts forth and we all feel like dancing! Dreariness be gone! Flowers color up the landscape like the Christmas lights that brightened our homes those dark days of December. And, a stunning bold magenta tulip, with petals curling and curving in coy shyness. South. In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, Autumn […]
Time, Space, Nature, Zen. These strands that seemed to create a loosely woven design of lines, were like a waving flag of invitation to me. How could I pass this small micro world by? Filament Lines There is power, in the Line. These filament lines, floating on the surface of the pond are […]
The Valley of The Giants, a place of imagination and inspiration. Have a wander with me and have a look at some of these glorious Red Tingle trees. This not quite hidden grove of towering old tingle trees is also known as The Ancient Empire. What a fascinating and mysterious name for these magnificent […]