The wind blows all sorts of things around our backyard. I wonder if it's something dropped by the industrious robins who build nests in our trees if it's part of a previous year's gardening efforts or part of the winterizing efforts I engage in every Fall. Whatever its origins, I wouldn't have noticed it unless … Continue reading Left Hanging
Leaf
On my first walk following the isolation edits, I wandered with my daughter, contemplating what all this would come to. The world seemed scarier, emptier, lonelier. Everywhere I looked I saw signs of death. Oddly, it was a very sunny Spring day and the weather was beautiful. My mood was influencing my vision. A small … Continue reading Leaf
Hellish Night
I returned at sunset to see what colours might have changed on previous images. The gargoyle looked different. There were more colours on the surface of the stone, but it was the glow of the sky that changed the whole mood of the picture. I cropped the image more to the right to highlight the … Continue reading Hellish Night
Growth & Beauty
We inherited these ratty old shrubs in front of our house when I bought my house a decade ago. They had been trimmed in all sorts of bad ways and needed to rebound. In the first year, I added new earth around their bases, watered them carefully, trimmed off the dead branches, and hoped for … Continue reading Growth & Beauty
Gargoyle
I challenge you to get close to the things you see in your environment every day. So many have become mundane with familiarity. Changing the perspective destroys most of that familiarity. If you have never seen one of these gargoyles before, can you accurately guess its true size? The closer I got the more I saw … Continue reading Gargoyle
Looking Left in Plague Times
A beautiful Spring morning during the isolation, I ventured out into my garden to start tidying my yard. Over the long Winter, things had fallen from the trees, some things are forgotten when buried under the snow. This windchime grew a beautiful patina and wanted to let Mother Nature continue her work, so I rehung … Continue reading Looking Left in Plague Times
The Hollow Ones – Part 3 – The Dead Dance
Pinterest, in its awesomeness, sent me a series of paintings by the amazing Dan McCaw (https://www.mccawcontemporary.com). I believe his work is new to me and as you can imagine, I fell right into all of it! It's flowy, richly layered, fantastically expressive, and packed with stories... at least it kicked my mind into storytelling mode … Continue reading The Hollow Ones – Part 3 – The Dead Dance
Fierce Anger
I was scrolling over my Facebook feed, trying desperately not to feel like I was wasting time... I reeeeeealy was!!! I frankly have no idea what the protest was about, but I saw a familiar image of some guy yelling at another person and his face was full of righteous indignation... Feel free to interpret … Continue reading Fierce Anger
Face at the Track & The Three Amigos
In a recent drawing class, there teacher told us of an upcoming project that would have us seeing faces everywhere, in all sorts of inanimate objects. When I left class that prophecy stayed loud and clear in my mind. This morning on the way to school, I found these faces. See more at Arts M.Perron … Continue reading Face at the Track & The Three Amigos
Transformations With Life #13 – Bonsai Island on a Coral Reef
This little plant was hard to catch. It was hiding in a dry patch of a massive field of wild flowers. I'm not certain, but it might be a baby smoke bush. There are some bigger trees with similar leaves nearby, or maybe they are overgrown bushes. Anyway, they are growing wild in this field. … Continue reading Transformations With Life #13 – Bonsai Island on a Coral Reef
The New Renaissance Mindset 