WORD PAINTINGS #93 – LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS Part One
7 June 2020 – Llano Quemado, N.M. – Caught up in all the drama and chaos of these past three months – have been self-isolating since the beginning of March. Relearning how to live on my own….laundry, mopping and the damned dishes! Can’t comprehend the scope of the death from the virus and the […]
WORD PAINTINGS #92 – INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Llano Quemado, New Mexico – Unable to think of much else since making the decision to go ahead and share my experience, strength and hope. Have tried to talk myself out of this, but the urge to persist is with me every day now. Perhaps there might be just one other woman out there struggling […]
WORD PAINTINGS #91 – CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW
26 May 2020 – Llano Quemado, N.M. – Sat in the sun on the old railroad bench in front of the house this morning. A wide band of low clouds forming in the northeast over Taos Mountain and the Pecos foothills. A matching bank of clouds slowly building over the low mountains to the southeast, […]
WORD PAINTINGS #90 – REBIRTH
24 MAY 2020 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico – An old habit of mine is to give permission to start life over anytime I experience major shifts or changes. Turning 80 last year and after some major health issues, every day has been a New Beginning. The minute my eyes open, I experience a delightful […]
WORD PAINTINGS #89 – FROM DARK TO LIGHT!
21 May 2020 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico – One day it dawned on me that the way I painted (dark to light) was a metaphor for all of Life! My darkest times have usually been followed by a blissful period of “enlightenment”…a time when I breathed a sigh of relief to have run the […]
WORD PAINTINGS #88 – SPRING CLEANING
20 May 2020 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico – Turned off the heat, opened the windows, changed the bed – did the laundry. Washed my summer painting clothes – linen pants, blue jeans. Doing simple tasks for the past two weeks, trying to gain some equilibrium in what is being called our “new normal”. Adjustments […]
WORD PAINTINGS #87 – INTO THE LIGHT
LLano Quemado, New Mexico – 25 April 2020 – The coyote family down by the river sang me to sleep last night! Smiled on my way to Dreamland. Unable to write for a while – have truly been “out of words”. Began my quarantine March 1st, so today I’ve had time to think about […]
WORD PAINTINGS #86 – RADICAL FAITH
Llano Quemado, New Mexico – 2 April 2020 Sometimes a ray of hope is a simple shadow made by a ventilation pipe and a canale on a certain day every year – and that is the day you just happen to plan a field trip shortly after the loss of a child. And there it […]
WORD PAINTINGS #85 – RESPITE
Llano Quemado, New Mexico – 3/17/20 – Taking the day off today. All hell broke loose last Friday when the shelves at Smith’s Grocery in town were bare to the bone! Thought I was calm as a cucumber until today when I STOPPED! I bought into the panic buying with a large pantry order on […]
WORD PAINTINGS #84 – SOCIAL DISTANCING
Llano Quemado, N.M. – 13 March 2020…..Taking stock today – going to give in and self-quarantine for two months. A lot of work to do – many changes. Above image is my new 40″x40″ painting of Truchas – “First Snow”. The frame has been delivered just waiting for me to complete this canvas. Another instance […]
