Wherever you live, you probably enjoy
the shade and scent and beauty of a tree.
When I leave home and drive in any direction, there are new neighborhoods emerging – in an incredibly short time span – from the freshly razed ground. Mature trees are now heaped into scrap piles around the perimeter.
With the construction of most [...]
Tags: Art · Friends · Fun · Nature
I haven’t had time or spirit to paint the last week or so, but really enjoyed watching the birds swarm around the feeders after the rain today. There were cardinals, buntings, and a variety of other birds that I don’t know. I would welcome anyone’s input in regard to what these birds are.
Tags: Nature · Photographs
Working from a photo, this is one I started while at the La Villita Art Festival in San Antonio. I still have work to do on the foreground and trees.
Not sure what more I will do to this, but I like the sky so far…
Tags: Art · Nature · sky paintings
I had a lot of fun last weekend at the Zilker Park Botanical Festival, sharing a “Botanical Art” booth with two other artists. We discussed many things, art among them, and met a lot of nice people. For a while, I tried to draw a tree, but the sun coming through the crape myrtle behind [...]
I don’t use the term awesome very much, but this flower is simply amazing. I first saw one when my grandmother had one on her front porch over two decades ago. I never knew a flower could come in such amazing shape, beauty and colors all in one plant. I was awed then, and I [...]
Tags: Nature
A few changes to improve the shape of the tree and add some shadows and highlights. Plus, my other picture was taken at night, with fluorescent lighting, and this one was taken in daylight.
Close to done – working on getting a few more pieces ready for the weekend La Villita show in San Antonio
I saw my first bluebonnets of the year today, but didn’t get a chance to take a photo. These are from a couple of years ago. And in honor of my father, I’d like to give one of his quotes:
“Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the flowers is?”
Here they are:
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Tags: Nature
