When I wrote about the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, in my first Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2011, I was bemoaning the fact that I had never seen this 'admirable' butterfly in my gardens. Well, from year to year, we never know how things might be. This past spring of 2012 I delighted in oodles of the brightly, patterned butterflies floating about like living ornaments, lit up by the sun, lighting and feeding all over the weeping crabapple just outside our little painting studio. Red … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
When I wrote about the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, in my first Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2011, I was bemoaning the fact that I had never seen this 'admirable' butterfly in my gardens. Well, from year to year, we never know how things might be. This past spring of 2012 I delighted in oodles of the brightly, patterned butterflies floating about like living ornaments, lit up by the sun, lighting and feeding all over the weeping crabapple just outside our little painting … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
Colors ~ Sunrise Sky ‘Intuitive Palette’ ~ Painting Workshop ~ Provincetown Art Association and Museum
"The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art." Hans Hofmann "My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature." Hans Hofmann "Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel." Hans … [Read more...] about Colors ~ Sunrise Sky ‘Intuitive Palette’ ~ Painting Workshop ~ Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Colors ~ Sunrise Sky ‘Intuitive Palette’ ~ Painting Workshop ~ Provincetown Art Association and Museum
"The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art." Hans Hofmann"My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature." Hans Hofmann"Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel." … [Read more...] about Colors ~ Sunrise Sky ‘Intuitive Palette’ ~ Painting Workshop ~ Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ~ Three Years Blog Anniversary
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus in threes flitting above and about Miss Canada Lilac this past June. It seems most appropriate to mark my third blog anniversary with these endearing creatures. For years I had tried to capture Tiger Swallowtails flitting about in groups . . . and finally, after waiting in just the right place, for just the right amount of time ~ voila! If you are lucky, you might find the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars munching on the leaves of … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ~ Three Years Blog Anniversary