NEW PAINTING OF MORNING SUNLIGHT THROUGH AUTUMN LEAVES

I see this line of trees when I take my morning walks.  On sunny mornings the light shines through the leaves and remind me of stained glass windows.   So,  I had to paint a picture of it.  

Mixed media:  Watercolor,  pastel and colored pencil............... 

 WHERE DID THE YEAR GO   ? ? ?

My last post was at the beginning of gardening season,  now it is almost over for another season.   The planting and weeding have kept me so busy I forgot to write a post all summer and now it is time to put all that away.   The final fall cleanup is here.  The colors are a little browner this year,  we had a long dry spell late in the summer,  but they are still glorious.

The trees are just glowing.  I spotted these on my walk the other morning.

And my tall red dahlias look like a giant rosebush in full bloom.

Gardening is theraputic and fun

 A perennial garden is the ultimate installation art.   It is immersive, interactive, and perpetually evolving in  unexpected ways.   Designing and maintaining one is also good therapy in lots of ways.  

A garden gives one plenty of things to do and inspires more art.   Last summers pot of colorful flowers inspired me to make this painting a few months ago.

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SPRING SHOW APRIL 25

 This was my booth at Spring Show last year.  I am getting ready for this years show on Saturday April 25

It is a great show.  Lots of beautiful ceramic work.  For location and time see:

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SPRING BRINGS SUMMER FLOWERS

 

These colorful petunias from last summer inspired me to paint this recently.  It was  fun to work on this while the snow was still on the ground.  Now that spring is here and this one is finished,  I am working on a new one I'm going to call it Toads Eye View of Spring:

 I hope to finish it in time to use it as display background for my booth next Saturday at the West Michigan Potters Guild Spring Show.....

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