Though the wintry landscape palette is not as colorful as other seasons, the raw sky does spread out a bright cloth with vivid rose and lavender hues each early morning and just before night. Winter's beauty can be mesmerizing, though wind chills of -13 F do challenge the spirit. Somehow we all adapt. We are all creatures of habit. Late afternoons and early mornings, I often find our resident Red-tailed Hawk perching on the same branch, in more or less exactly the same … [Read more...] about Gazing Into A Wintry Landscape of Wonder
Gazing Into A Wintry Landscape of Wonder
Though the wintry landscape palette is not as colorful as other seasons, the raw sky does spread out a bright cloth with vivid rose and lavender hues each early morning and just before night.Winter's beauty can be mesmerizing, though wind chills of -13 F do challenge the spirit.Somehow we all adapt.We are all creatures of habit. Late afternoons and early mornings, I often find our resident Red-tailed Hawk perching on the same branch, in more or less exactly the … [Read more...] about Gazing Into A Wintry Landscape of Wonder
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
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
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa is the first butterfly to appear in April here at Flower Hill Farm. It hibernates as an adult and will awaken sometimes earlier, when the temperatures rise and stay warmer for days . . . as they often do in March.They might crawl out from under a piece of bark or out of a small hollow opening in a tree.I was surprised to learn that a Mourning Cloak butterfly can live up to ten months.This male or female is perched on the ground and as you can see, … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral
