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Sophy and I are lying under a blanket in the yard.It’s an absolutely gorgeous October day. She’s dying. Periodically tremors run through her body. I can’t quite imagine life without her, my boon companion, travel partner, painting buddy, and the being with whom I can exclaim on the beauty of the day and bid sweet dreams at night. … Continue reading Sophy
How nice to reminisce on this white snowy monochrome day, on the glorious autumn colors and red earth, and the burbling of rushing water down by the creek. For years one of my favorite drawing/camping spots was down a red dirt road on the other side of the mountain. I’d never known there was a … Continue reading Down by the Creek
This is a lovely article about my show at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, which is on through February 14th.. ‘Dialogue with Beauty’ written by Ann Weiler Walka This winter, landscapes from the heart of the Colorado Plateau, the broken and beautiful terrain north of the Colorado River, … Continue reading Dialogue with Beauty
Monsoon season always has me gasping at beauty in every direction.My profession in these rainy months is a cloud chaser. Generally I start a ton of drawings of storms and fast moving skies and feel fortunate when I finish any of them. … Continue reading Cloud Chasing
Living a Still Life I’ve been having a peruse into the past, and found this article by my friend Louise Steinman, who visited me on Crete several times over the 20 years I was there. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Peace on Earth; Living a Still Life; On the Island of Crete, Sharing an Artist’s … Continue reading Living a Still Life…my years on Crete
Askew I am enamored of the slickrock formations right on Highway 12 in Boulder Town. Unfortunately it is hard to park on even terrain to draw them, but still too cold and windy for drawing outdoors. Aphrodite is needed, and she is askew, parked on the roadside. Aphrodite’s slant has poor Sophy, my dog, slumped … Continue reading Askew/Serendipity
Long Canyon, apart from being absolutely gorgeous with its infinite range of orange-red walls, stripes of desert varnish, cracks and fissures and magical water pockets, is also plowed in the winter and wide enough so that I can park Aphrodite. So I usually enjoy some winter drawing there.The canyon walls are so tall that I … Continue reading January in Long Canyon
