When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

photography

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Simple Beauty

Sunday, October 18th, 2009


 

Stem on the sidewalk, uptown Dallas TX

Simple beauty, McKinney Ave. sidewalk, Uptown Dallas, Texas

Looking for pickles and an apartment?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009


 

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

I have no fresh art to advertise since returning from Kingston, Ontario… where the fresh dill pickles are plentiful.

More Roots garden sculptures

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009


 

Rootosaurus gardenicus African Mask profile Frog

Rootosaurus gardenicus, African Mask profile, and Frog. See more Roots Garden Sculptures

Takin’ it easy

Friday, June 12th, 2009


 

 The driver of a semi, Hwy 40 near Nashville, TN

There is a time for work and a time to relax…wow. This truck sharing the road on the way back from North Carolina was not parked…this guy was driving 70 mph down the highway! I’m just back from NC then up to Alberta soon, so no new artwork to post until about the end of July.

A New Solar System

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009


 

 Caterpillar munchings, Canna Lily leaf

Not much artwork to be posted this past week or for the next two weeks because of all the printing and finalizing details for The Majesty of Trees, so I might as well post another link to the website and promote the show one more time.

Meanwhile, taking photos is still a daily activity because there’s always something beautiful somewhere, and it sure is a nice way to take a break..

Please pass the peace

Saturday, February 14th, 2009


 

Garlic Chive seeds, heart-shaped growth

Garlic Chive seed head, heart-shaped growth

On Cloud Nine

Sunday, February 8th, 2009


 

On Cloud 9, view from the road to the Giant Redwoods in the John Muir National Forest, CA Mariposa Grove, Sequoia National Forest, central California..forest fire still smouldering in October 2008

On Cloud Nine Left:  The view from the road to the Giant Redwoods in the John Muir National Forest, western coast CA. Right:  A forest fire still smouldering in October 2008, Mariposa Grove, Sequoia National Forest, central California.

Some new photos of the Giant Sequoias have been posted on majestyoftrees.com

A Studio Affair

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008


 

  A Studio Affair, Part 2

“Your eyes are like plastic pearls”

“I bet you say that to all the inanimate objects”

The romance began last year.

Road Trip!

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008


 

Skid marks under Hwy 40 overpass, outside of Nashville TN

This photo was taken just outside of Nashville where we stopped to take photos of the trees draped with vines, naturally occurring topiary, amazing – looking like animals and people turned into forest.  Those were cool enough, and the tire skid marks were an extra unexpected find. The photo has been turned into a black and white, then a colored portion from the bottom was superimposed on top of that…my favorite digital trick. Now one last trip for this year, driving to California and the Giant Redwoods – back on the 13th.

Riders on the Storm

Thursday, September 4th, 2008


 
I’m very excited to start painting again this week. Before two weeks off travelling from Texas to North Carolina I started organizing my FlickR photostream. Now there are about one thousand new photos to sort through, and the ones I’m most excited about are the set of the 1500 year old Angel Oak in South Carolina (now that’s a tree!) – plus a creepy-cool old steel playground beside a gross, moldy, condemned Family Inns Motel, a real treasure! The tree and playground collections are uploaded in FlickR.
 

Hurricane Gustav - Electricity on the way Electrical Company trucks driving southwest on Hwy 40 from Michegan, Kansas, Virginia, and Indiana to restore electricity in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Gustav

Electrical Company trucks driving southwest on Hwy 40 from Michegan, Kansas, Virginia, and Indiana to restore electricity in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Gustav Electrical Company trucks driving southwest on Hwy 40 from Michegan, Kansas, Virginia, and Indiana to restore electricity in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Gustav

There’s also a short photo editorial of our encounters with many of the electric company truck convoys travelling south from Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, and Kansas to restore electricity to 90,000 homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Gustav. Here are a few of those photos from that set, which we were about to post on CNN’s weather.com when I inadvertently killed my husband’s laptop by plugging a cable in the wrong place. An expensive proposition, and I didn’t even get to send them in. I just found out that fortunately all the travel photos were retrieved, but the laptop is dead. Oops!

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