SWELLING BELLIES OF GOURDS
Too much hot gluing. Ugh! Need a break. Couldn’t resist a little studio play. I bought these gourds at Farmers Market. To scrub off the dirt was a delightful diversion. I’m not […]
Tag Archives: nature
TEXTURIZING THE DAY WITH STILLNESS
Kamiak Butte is a favorite summer getaway of mine on the Palouse, just 15 minutes from Moscow, ID. It’s a rocky island overlooking the wheat fields of the Palouse and […]
The lucidity of fleetingness
FLEETING | lasting only a very short time Synonyms brief momentary transitory ephemeral transitory momentary All words dear to my heart, and central to my artwork. TS Elliot writes in the […]
Before the wind, there was wind
“We were born before the wind also younger than the sun …” Van Morrison My concept has emerged: wind. How could it not be. Without a doubt, it is the most omnipotent […]
Messing around with mud
Everything about this place invites a personal intimacy, a new way of seeing and sensing for me. I was sitting near the edge of a pond yesterday, for instance. I […]
Poetic fragments as aesthetic wholes
This week, I’ve discovered how truly liberating it can be to trust my senses. Everything seems imbued with artistic possibilities. The wind, the grass, the ponds, the soil, the birdsong, […]
To honor the sensory as though prayer
I continue absorb myself in this place, hiking the trails, seeing what there is to see in the grasses and ponds. Picking things up odd bits of this and that—leaves, […]
Observing how NOT to be an artist
I came upon this anthill today near the Plum Tree Grove. Thousands of ants scurrying to and fro, mandibles munching away on what remains of a skull. It was ironic […]
Being fully alive as humans
I got caught in the rain at PCEI today. Drenched. Came home, dried off, drank tea, and happily picked up where I left off reading a book that keeps me […]
So erratic, so wobbly, the muse
“Creativity takes courage.” According to Henry Matisse, if I remember correctly. No kidding. Making a commitment to produce art before knowing for certain what the heck I’ll be doing —well, […]
Nature center as art asylum
Before moving forward on a new outdoor sculpture, I wanted to remember an outdoor sculpture I created in 2007. Two Forms was a class project, destined for the trash heap […]
Back into the field again
After returning home from my Holden Village artist residency,I’ve been feeling a bit frisky. I wonder if a few braincells were freeze-dried in the fresh mountain air of the north […]
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