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)

summer

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Crepe Myrtle

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007


 

Crepe Myrtle

7 a.m., spider webs on the Crepe Myrtle, Lewisville, Texas

Sun Shower 03

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007


 

Sun Shower 03

When I water the flowers in the front yard usually the Oak tree gets a shower too. There were a number of impressive photos from this session, but the clump of leaves in shadow contrasting with the bright sunbeams in spray brings this photo a little above the rest.

Sun Shower 03 was accepted into Studio 2600’s Holiday Light and Sparkle Exhibition at 2600 Hibernia, Dallas TX November 2007 through Jan. 2nd, 2008.

Summer Storms

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007


 

Evening storm - Stony Plain, Alberta

Evening storm clouds accumulating at about 5:30 p.pm. mid July in Stony Plain, Alberta

Sky Falling, Airdrie, Alberta (July)

Sky appears to be falling, Airdrie Alberta, July 2007

Trainstorm

Train and storm, Montana in July

Garden Toad

Saturday, August 18th, 2007


 
Garden Toad

I was gardening today, and saw the brown-grey soil shape itself into a toad…it was like one of those “magic eye” pictures. This little toad has excellent camouflage!

I’ve done a lot of traveling this year, and now company arrives tomorrow. Too much hopping around means no painting! Photos will be the convenient art of choice, probably for the summer.

Damselflies

Saturday, August 11th, 2007


 
Mating Damselflies
… just returned from Alberta, where this summer’s hot temperatures have maintained high numbers of dragonflies and damselflies. These ones will have offspring born in Airdrie, just outside of Calgary.

Travel

Monday, July 30th, 2007


 

Morrill, Nebraska

Morrill, Nebraska

 Driving up through Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, then Montana to Alberta. Awesome, awesome. Back to Dallas August 8th.

The Lazy U Motel, northwestern Nebraska

Lisco, Nebraska – The Lazy U Motel

Southeastern Montana, sunset

Storm cloud, Montana - mid July

Southeastern Montana

Montana - Grain elevators

Sunbeams

Monday, July 16th, 2007


 
Sun Rays

It has rained so much this year in Texas, so the sunshine is most welcome!

Yellow Poplar

Saturday, July 7th, 2007


 
Yellow Poplar, Niagara Falls, NY
This week: organizing photos and material for The Majesty of Trees solo exhibition, here are the unusual flowers of Yellow Poplar – Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.

Raccoons

Thursday, July 5th, 2007


 
Raccoon
Raccoons

Bold and as curious about us, a family of five raccoons played in a willow tree in our son Adrian’s back yard, Ottawa, Ontario

Orange Milkweed

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007


 

Orange Milkweed

Orange Milkweed, Kentucky, USA

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These ultra-vibrant milkweed flowers were blooming beside the highway in Kentucky, like fireworks in the ditches. Happy 4th! (1776 – 2007)

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