Meditations On Painting the Southern Coastal Landscape
For a change, this morning my mind is blank. Empty. I think I am in that in between moment. Life Limbo… Between a week of vacation last week and a week ahead of normal everyday life. Between living in the moment and the reality of everyday life, full of to-do lists and appointments to keep. […]
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The squirrels are busy this morning. Running and jumping through the tree limbs beside the porch as if auditioning for the circus. Tybee, my dog, and I are wondering what they know that we do not. She is as upset by their activity, as she is intrigued. The crashing sound is amazingly loud for critters […]
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The owls are back. I heard them calling last night. Half asleep, half awake … that in between place where you aren’t sure if you are awake or dreaming, I heard them calling to each other. The owls always quiet down as daybreak approaches, nestling down in their pine trees as the sky lightens from […]
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A large part of being a landscape painter and especially a plein air painter is embracing what is around you, as it, in turn embraces you. It is a series of actions and reactions. And of observations, both the broad kind and the nuanced kind. The ability to be flexible in your approach and change […]
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“And every year there is a brief, startling moment When we pause in the middle of a long walk home and Suddenly feel something invisible and weightless Touching our shoulders, sweeping down from the air: It is the autumn wind pressing against our bodies; It is the changing light of fall falling on us.” ― Edward […]
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Capturing Life in Paint 