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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
A New Day 20 x 26 inches Dry Pastels on scarlet orange charcoal paper - Day 1 and Day 2 (work in progress).
Using pure color has an incredible effect and change on the mood; mine, and in the work. Metaphorically, it feels like a brand new day!
Cedar, Stony Swamp
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Cedar, Stony Swamp, Ottawa, ON, Canada 12 x 9 inches graphite and watercolors on W/C paper
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Cedar, Stony Swamp, Ottawa, ON, Canada 12 x 9 inches graphite and watercolors on W/C paper, framed 26 x 22" | |
| $250.00 Framed |  |
Nature Insists
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Nature Insists, growth through rock, North Carolina - 9 x 12 inches Graphite, W/C pencils, Dry Pastel
Takkakaw Falls
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Takkakaw Falls, Yoho Valley, B.C. 830 feet high, said to be the most impressive waterfalls in North America.
12 x 9 inches pencil, watercolors, based on antique Vandyck photos of the Canadian Rockies.
New series of watercolor studies
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Mt. Assiniboine, about forty miles southwest of Banff, Alberta. 12 x 9 inch watercolor/pencil study.
I inherited some charming antique books of hand-colored Vandyck Photogravures of Canadian Rocky Mountains scenery as it was at the turn of the twentieth century.
The montone sepia and few other pale colors add such a warmth to the already beautiful scenery in the 1910 photographs, and since I haven’t tried watercolors for years I thought they would make perfect studies.
What Oak leaves in Texas do in January
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
What Oak leaves in Texas do in January - During the Christmas season the Oak leaves on the tree in our front yard were bright orange-red, and have only dropped during the past two days, whereas other years they would have fallen mid-December. While raking yesterday, the proudest of all begged for portraits!
Sky Diver
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Sky Diver – Basil stem and roots (this is the last of the root-sculptures for a while I think) – this one has a thick stem, removed with PaintShop Pro.
Confidence
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Confidence, tomato stem and roots garden sculpture
More roots
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Fear, another root-system garden sculpture (Basil stem and roots).
Drama
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
There are an incredible variety of oak trees common in Texas. Here, a Gambel Oak leaf blew into our yard, and the tree is no where in the vicinity! The winter light casts long dramatic shadows around 11:15 a.m.
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