Slideshow: Angels and Spirits

My daughter made this slideshow for me of some of my pieces which have related themes or images. My son added the music, and- VOILA! Hey, don't laugh; I uploaded it all by myself! Thanks, Caitlin and Colin; you are awesome.

Transformation 29

When I decided to do this daily painting blog, I knew I couldn't post something every single day. I figured it would be hard enough just to put something on here a few times per week. What I didn't realize was just how difficult it would be to do even that. Maybe some of the other painting-a-dayers don't have a day job. All we can do is to do the best we can, as I tell my students. Thanks for looking at my art; I hope you enjoy this one!

Pathways of Remembrance II

I don't want to get all sappy here, but I have realized lately how much the past is always with us. It comes back to get you when you least expect it- like when you hear an old song and it brings back the exact emotions you were feeling when it was popular. I was walking down the hall yesterday and suddenly a smell- which I couldn't identify in words- took me to a particular place and time. I still couldn't tell you what the smell was- some cologne I wore in high school? The past is there, inside. You can run, but you can't hide.

Pathways of Remembrance

I started thinking about how the past is never really gone; it lives in our memories. But more than that, everything we have experienced has affected us, changed us in some way, made us who we are. No matter how we may try to hide it, or bury it so deep inside that we don't think about it, it has become a part of us.

Transformation 28

Just wanted to post this quickly before going out of town for a few days. Happy Spring!

Strange Weather

This piece is not part of either the Seed Mandala Series or the Transformations Series. It was inspired by the strange weather we've had lately (go figure) across the whole country, both literally and figuratively.

Seed Mandala 31 (Moth-man Death-Star)

Sometimes I make up funny names for these, based on what they remind me of. For instance, there are a couple that look like uteruses (uteri?), and others that bring to mind native American designs, galaxies, butterflies, or whatever. There was no intention to make them that way; I let chance or spirit or flow have a part in making these. Like seeing shapes in the clouds, people see completely different things in them - often something to meditate on. well, you might not want to meditate on Moth-man death-star...