When using colors to recreate a general harmony of tones in nature, one loses it by painfully exact imitation. One keeps it by recreating in an equivalent color range, and that may not be exactly, or far from exactly, like the model. — Vincent van Gogh
Here, A Place to Stand (More Like a Big Ball) 46 x 65 in, 2016
Here, a place to stand.
One last embrace, earth and sky;
light and dark entwine.
Got to work too early so I sat in my car and admired the really big gulls up on the mall roof for a little bit and when that had gone on too long I did this:
Not sure why the gnome looks so crazy-eyed. Looks like he’s coming home with a bag of stuff after a wild night out.
Is there anything more velvety than a horse’s nose? (and additionally, is there anything more able to seek and blobber around until it finds the slice of apple it hopes is in your palm than a set of horse lips?)
Probably not. The two horses and I enjoyed the sharing of a big carrot and an apple, aka horse candy. I was surprised how quickly they came over when I pulled my car over since I had nothing but pats for them yesterday.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851
Life is not a struggle. It’s a wiggle.
