After uprooting my newly planted herbs and flinging them on the deck, this little demon crow has been burying peanuts in my plant pots. I have put wire cages on the plants so that he can’t get at them and … Continue reading Crows and Ravens, Muses & Sketches
The Platanus genus is a small group of ancient tree species, commonly called Plane Trees or Sycamores, dating back to the Paleocene period, 66 to 56 million years ago. The bark of the Plane Tree has a distinctive pattern that … Continue reading Studies on the ‘Camouflage’ Bark of the Plane Tree
I used to tell people, “I paint rocks”, but when everyone took that to mean that I was painting on rocks, I changed it to “I’m painting portraits of pebbles”, quite a different thing! I have always been a pebble … Continue reading Painting Portraits of Pebbles
Every so often I get in the mood to play with words, and try and define them in my head. Dots. There’s the word dot, which rhymes with spot, and looks a lot like a spot, only perhaps dots are … Continue reading Dots & Spots
Years ago I had to design a web site for Environmental Chemistry Courseware designed to promote environmental awareness supplemental to 200-level Organic Chemistry laboratories. The key concepts were: air / earth / life / water. Originally I was a little … Continue reading Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water
I don’t usually post stuff from my art blog on Facebook, but I have been nominated to post a painting a day for 10 days on Facebook by Deanna Fogstrom, one of my studiomates. You can find her work at: … Continue reading Posting a Painting a Day For Ten Days Challenge
Some people manage to post ‘a flower a day’, even in the middle of an evacuation due to wildfires. Me, on the other hand, I have trouble posting ‘plant of the month’. At any rate here is a belated August … Continue reading Squash & Squash Blossom Artwork and Photos
Another COVID attempt to do a painting, this time with yellow Calla Lilies, working from this photo.I like this painting better than the one I did of the dark purple Calla Lilies but again I prefer the photo, especially the line … Continue reading Photos and Artworks of Yellow Calla Lilies
Strolling along the Seawall this July I spotted a bunch of waterlilies in bloom. The shapes of the white flowers was beautiful but further along, just around a bend in the pond, were some pink waterlilies.The pink lilies were almost … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of Waterlilies at the Lagoons
During the early months of Covid I didn’t go anywhere; I was listless and uninspired. We have the Sea Wall nearby but it was always packed with people. After seeing a video showing how much plague could be spread by … Continue reading Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises
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