Anchoring Buoy
12 x 14, pastel
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Do you know about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
Nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" because of this disaster in 1940. You won't believe what you see.
Today, the bridge has just received a beautiful makeover and addition. We motored under it at 9 kts at slack tide.
From the water at Budd Inlet
With art as with literature, point of view is one of the keys that creates interest. I am lucky to have some time on a boat, but first a quick watercolor sketch from the transient dock at Swantown in Olympia, Washington.From this vantage point, I watched the crows and gulls dig mussels from the boggy tidal flats and then drop their treasures to crack the shells on the rocks below. Great sport for all but the bivalves!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In the Studio yesterday and today
Yesterday was a good day. I painted en plein air at Cresap Bay with my friend, Suzanne. When I came home to my studio, I painted the piece you see to the left. From a photograph I took in the Woodland Bottoms. I like this painting. It has a crisp fall feel to it, just like the day I took the photo. Yes, yesterday was a good painting day.On the other hand, today was a tough one.
You've heard the word "homicide" to describe the action of killing another human being. If that human is your father, it's "patricide." If your mother, "matricide."
What do you call it when you kill innocent paintings? I am going to have to think of the right word for that, because it describes what I did today. I killed three paintings. In fact, it seemed that I could do no right in the studio.
I will not post crime scene photos of these grisly murders. I will just let you imagine the mayhem of gross dismemberment of value, composition, temperature, color harmony, and so on.
I'll take out my shovel and bury these bodies in the yard.
And hope for a better day tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Whitaker Ponds plein air
The morning clouds started clearing right away when Celeste Bergin and I hiked around Whitaker Ponds to find our painting spot. Any day spent with Celeste is a good day, but even better when we can both paint!I'm not sure why, but the drainage pipe interested me and the way the light reflected in the nearby water. I learned something, which is always true about plein air painting, and had fun. The algae and flotsam in the water did not make for the most beautiful landscape, but it was a good experience.
Especially when the mama duck swam through the pipe into my view. She was not alone, though. Five ducklings trailed her.
A good day.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
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