Category Archives: Seeing

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Late February … Freeze and Thaw.

     Two beech leaves, thin as tissue, were frozen to the flat stone terrace this morning. By afternoon the sun had melted the ice, and when the wind picked up…. they were gone.  *** 

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A window into the ice painting process, continued…

     An update on the ice painting, as I continue work on the second piece in this series. The debris, (branches, bits of pine cone casing and needles), and the ice itself form interesting organic […]

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The garden in winter…

    Beyond the dogwood, the remains of trees broken in last month’s ice storm.       Garden remnants encased in ice and snow… the vine is hops, the stalks, rodgersia (the three thumbnails can […]

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2009 – Back to Work!

    I love the first day/evening back in the studio after the holidays.   I took this shot of the easel tonight, just before stopping for a dinner break.  It feels great to be […]

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