Beyond

Beyond Me, Acrylic, Watermedia Acrylic, 28X21 inches (IM), 36X28 inches (FR)

 

This time of year the sky seems infinite and you can really look up and see.  So look up and find something beyond. 

Infinite Mysteries

Infinite Mysteries, Watermedia Acrylic, 8 X 6 inches (IM), 13 X 15 inches (FR)

"Why" is not just a question that 2 years olds ask.  I think we ask why all of our lives.  The answer is one of the Infinite Mysteries of Life. The contrasting colors green and red represent the answers to our "why?" or mysteries of life.

Looking Back

Flight, Watercolor and Ink diptych, from an earlier series, Delicate Balance

 

 This painting explores the idea of spatial balance, negative and positive space reversal.  We search for balance in our lives and if we are lucky we have enough positive experiences to balance the negative Experiences

Morning Reflections

 

Early Morning Reflections, Oil in Plein Air, 9X12 inches. Painted along Williams Creek, in Southern Colorado, Summer 2012

 

Painting for me is meditation.  There is enough controversy in the world.  I seek a state of oneness, to be one with, to simply be.

Water Color

Water Color, Acrylic: Mixed Watermedia, 29 x 22 Inches

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Fish are mesmerizing, just watching their motions is calming to the spirit.  With their  bright, warm colors that contrast with the cool reflected blues of the water they are the "color" in water.  As they swim they seem to leave sparkling colors in their wake.  



Dragonfly Mysteries Continued

Waterdragon Landing, Acrylic: Watermedia, 29X22 Inches

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The reflected summer sky is a pale iridescent blue surrounded by cool blue and greenish shadows. The color of the sky seems to be just the same as the abdomen of the dragonfly. This beautiful dragonfly with the bluish green eyes is maybe a blue dasher. After ordering 3 books on dragonfly identification, I am still not confident of my skills with identification and am only slightly less confused than before.  As an artist, I can see that they have the most beautiful intricate wings and eyes that look like a thousand little pixels.  They like sun best and seem to be most active during the hottest part of the day.  They eat bugs (I like the word bugs better than insects) and if the books are correct sometimes each other. They fly with their legs folded underneath their bodies unfolding them to land.



Dragonfly Mysteries

Water Color Blues, Acrylic: mixed media, 29 x 21 inches (sold)

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This summer I spent most days in my studio. The path from the house to the studio passes by my fish pond. You may have read in a previous post that I have a fascination with dragonflies. One of my favorite inspirational writings asks "What do you know about dragonflies...?" and is about the mystery of life and death.  Well I still don't have answers to the questions of life, death and why, but this summer I have learned a little about the life of dragonflies.  I have watched them fighting, mating, hunting, feeding (eating other bugs), changing states; seen their various poses and finally ordered books to try and give them names. Dragonfly identification is very confusing so the mystery remains, but I think this is a blue dasher. (Mystery to be continued next week)