Today on the easel

Taken at Berkshires, Mass.

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Stillness

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is not all movement and stillness is not all stillness; where the idea and the form, the within and the without, are united; where infinite becomes finite, yet not ~ Rabindranath Tagore

  

In the midst of a very full, activity laden day, I encountered stillness at the

side of this small lake. My whole being expanded and became still with the lake.

It was remarkable to feel this enormous stillness as

part of all the movement within me.

 

Time spent steeped in forest spirit
soothes the flesh though soul is bared,
in the stillness is remembrance
of how vast and loved we are.

~J Brehmner

 Gratitude to my friend, Dominique Normand for sharing her stillness of place with me today.

 

When I lived among the roots...

...When I lived amongst the roots
they pleased me more than flowers did,
and when I spoke to a stone
it rang like a bell.
~Pablo Neruda

Weaving Roots of Time, triptych 48" x 72" acrylic on canvas

Tree Poems 1 / 12" x 9" acrylic

Tree Poems 2 / 12" x 9" acrylic

Tree Poems 3 / 9" x 12" acrylic

Tree Poems 4 / 12" x 9" acrylic

Tree Poems 5 / 12" x 9" acrylic

El Duende, 48" x 24" acrylic

Lover's Limbs, 36" x 48" acrylic

Revisitng the Rocks

Singing Rocks, Howling Wolves / 54" x 72" / acrylic on canvas

Alchemical Nature / 54" x 72" / acrylic on canvas

These two paintings were done about a year ago but I was never completely satisfied with them. They got put back in the racks and have sat there "simmering" all this time. I pulled one of them out with the intention of covering it with gesso and beginning a new piece. However when I saw it again I realized how much I have learned about painting in the last year and I wanted to work with this old friend again. All the problems that had remained unresolved were no longer problems but a joy to "let go into". Painting is like that, so much is learned through living life and soon all that we are, and all that we become flows into the work.

As the artist Judy Cheng says, "You begin to see beyond the subject and color, and eventually you just allow the paint to move you.  Painting has given me a different perspective of looking at your surroundings. I see art in everything and it inspires me to continue to create, experience and enjoy."

I couldn't agree more, painting opens my heart and mind to realms that I would never have accessed on my own.

In Honor of the Earth Today ~ 3 Rock Paintings

Feminine Cocoon / 40" x 60" / oil on canvas                                                                               Buy This Painting

Forest Qualia / diptych 72" x 48" / acrylic on canvas       Buy This Painting

Green Man, Earth Angel / 48" x 60" / acrylic on panel board                                                   Buy this painting

Two New Spring Paintings

Spring Forest / 30" x 24" / acrylic on panel board / $1600
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Nestled / 30" x 24" / acrylic on panel board / $1600
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