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Friday, February 29th, 2008
The Grape Hyacinth started blooming this week…next the Iris, and I can’t wait to see the Ornamental Onions again.
6:49 p.m.
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Mockingbird
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
This week mating season has started for Mockingbirds in northeast Texas, and they are singing with fervor. I read that Mockingbirds mimic over 120 bird calls. I think there are a couple of frog calls in the mix too.
Mattipaul Trees
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Mattipaul Trees, Costa Rican Grasslands - 11 x 14 Oil Pastels and pencil on paper. The unusually wide umbrella-like shape of the trees presented a problem for a while, as they appeared cartoonish, but after sitting for a while out of sight, then work with a fresh perspective, I think maybe the problem is finally solved.
I’m quite sure these are Mattipaul trees (Ailanthus tripysa), but can find very little information about them. They have such presence you’d think they would be one of the better-known trees. Costa Rica is not well known for it’s relatively flat open grasslands, but north-west and central areas of the country flatten out a little, with mountains of rainforests and volcanoes on the horizon. Mattipaul trees grow with with entirely different habit under the canopy of the rainforest than on the open grasslands.
Part of the Paper Places series, all with white double mats and white classic-style wood frames, total size 22 x 26 inches.
The Great Ocean Road
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
The Great Ocean Road, weathered, dead tree, Eastern coastline, Victoria, Australia - 11 x 14 Oil pastels and pencil on paper.
This drawing has weathered a little time itself - it needed to go a little beyond the ordinary, so I put out of sight for a while and just gave it a few more finishing touches today. A few marks can make all the difference.
Sweetening the garbage
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
My Valentine’s roses needed a fresh cut and a few petals removed. The landfill sights are sweeter this past week, I bet.
P.S. Feb 29th - I dried a few of the roses, and adorned the doves nest in the back-door wreath, so if they again this year it will be much prettier.
New Chapters
Friday, February 15th, 2008
The computer medium is challenging, but I love learning new things that can enhance and accompany the traditional Artwork. Creating websites keeps the long and short-term visions open and organized at the same time. The Majesty of Trees website is a place to organize the upcoming solo exhibit, identify, and share information. A lot of tree-photography taken over the past few years is posted here, and it’s exciting bringing the best together in these categories: Flowering Trees, Bark, Leaves, Roots, Fruit- Nuts - Seeds, Oddities, Textures, Looking Up, Seasonal, Cityscapes, and more.
Updates
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
* The Acrylics/mixed media painting Polypore Fungi is accepted into VAST Arts 40th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition April 10- May 29, 2008
* The Heart Shapes in Nature photographic series (now with many new images) is available as 2.5 x 3.5″ framed prints, matted white or black with black frames - $7.50 each or 3 for $20 at Studio 2600, 2600 Hibernia, Dallas. http://www.studio2600dallas.com/
* The Oil Pastel work Eastern White Pine is showing at the AVAA 32nd Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibit in Arlington, Texas February 15 - March 28, 2008
* “Chapter 3″, my trucolors.info website now offers 22 of the top best photographs from the True Colors series available for purchase. Both the Artsy version and the original photo of each are offered as 11 x 14″ matted, unframed for $150.
Valentine
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Pencil drawing, scanned and detailed with digital pen.
Ants feeding on sap
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Even if we think nothing is happening…it is. Today I went for a walk through my favorite park in Coppell, and my peripheral vision noticed tiny ant-highways up and down a few trees, so I stood and admired them for a while.
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