Monday, February 23, 2015

Slants of Sunlight




Our local library has recently been raising money for a new building and so we have been having numerous creative fundraisers.
The latest is handpainted chairs to be auctioned to the highest bidders.
I gave that a go and actually enjoyed painting a chair.

Cold cold days has meant that the sunlight has some special qualities: clarity and the resulting drama and the particular slant of winter.

In addition to painting the chair I went out painting again along the roadside.

I'm coming at reality at a slant these days: searching for relevance.
latest discovery: chicago poet, Adam Gottlieb, (Louder than a Bomb)













Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Painting Again

Ancient Treasures: the land and the sky


I'm trying to learn to appreciate anew the life all around me.  I take the land and the sky pretty much for granted everyday. 
And yet my life depends on the air, water and land surrounding me.  

Trying to live by buying local and appreciating the hands that are working to give me life is a task that seems to be achieved more easily when I go out and see and experience the light and textures of my local life. 

Brushes, paints and pencils help me do that.








view of
Vernon County Fairgrounds


Saugstad Rd North of Westby