WORD PAINTINGS #78 – ORDINARY DAYS CONTINUED….
THANKSGIVING DAY – 28 November 2019 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico Up at 6AM – Out to the kitchen to make my coffee….silence. Snowstorm during the night – about two inches on the ground. A soft light creeping over the foothills towards Pecos. Nothing moving – complete stillness – a moment in time when the […]
WORD PAINTINGS #77 – “ORDINARY DAYS”
TAOS MOUNTAIN – 7 NOVEMBER 2019 “The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again. Children, everybody, here’s what to do during war: In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #76 – “OUT OF THE WILDERNESS”
ROAD TO WILDERNESS GATE (Truchas, New Mexico) Llano Quemado, New Mexico – 2 November 2019 – This painting always reminds me of the day I was lost in a small meadow while hiking to the top of Truchas Peaks with a group of friends. So out of shape from sitting at the easel every […]
WORD PAINTINGS #75 – GOING TO GROUND
Hunter’s Moon – view from the front portal Llano Quemado – 19 October 2019 Some people are slower than others to understand what it means to live in the present; I was one of them! Seemed to bounce from one drama to another this year – very little painting – until now. This weekend a […]
WORD PAINTINGS #74 – THE LAY OF THE LAND
LLANO QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO – 13 October 2019 The studios in Tesuque and Victor Court were not open to the sky and they were very claustrophobic. Had talked with a friend and discussed a field trip north to Cimarron or the San Luis Valley. Almost gasping for space – clouds, sunsets – mountains….views! Saw some […]
WORD PAINTINGS #73 – FIVE FINGER EXERCISES
6 October 2019 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico SMALL PAINTINGS 2020 Coming back to life is a slow process. Have not been able to paint very much this year. Likening this time to what a ballerina must feel like after breaking a toe – all the muscle memory must be brought back to life before […]
WORD PAINTINGS #72 – SEEING DINOSAURS
Las Nubes de Truchas (The Clouds of Truchas) As soon as there is stopping, there is happiness. There is peace. When we stop like that, it looks as if nothing is happening, but in fact everything is happening. You are deeply established in the present moment, and you touch your cosmic body. You touch […]
WORD PAINTINGS #71 – INTO THE DREAM
Making Room “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall […]
WORD PAINTINGS #70 – DANCING WITH MY EASEL
Llano Quemado, New Mexico – 8/16/19 – My synapses are firing again!!! It has been such a long time since I felt connected to my easel. It is almost human – stares at me accusingly if I am not working, laughs at my avoidance routines, makes me feel guilty for taking a nap when I […]
WORD PAINTINGS #69 – HEAVEN, I’M IN HEAVEN!
Llano Quemado, New Mexico 8/11/2019 – Moved into this new studio/home exactly three weeks ago. Most of the moving boxes are gone – now it is down to sorting and putting things where they belong. Windows everywhere – 360 deg. views – monsoon clouds and spectacular sunsets. Last night hellacious thunder and lightning. Three easels […]
