Today

I was thinking today, as I carried my laptop from my studio to the house, carefully still open so as not to put it to sleep and allow AOL Radio to keep playing. "Wow, it wasn't long ago I was carrying around a transistor AM radio and was limited to one station I actually liked." How far we have come from, not just from the dial up a few years ago to wireless, but now I can tune into any type of music I want to listen to and carry a computer around to play it.

Here is North Road Goose Crossing (or whatever I am going to call it) as of today. I want to add a bit more detail in the foreground, maybe to the leaves on the ground, and do some clean-up on it. I am a bit discouraged, I just can't, to my liking, capture the beauty of God's handiwork. I am but a copycat of His masterworks, and a lazy one at that. My eyes are going dim as I am aging (just ordered my first pair of prescription glasses), maybe the art will improve... maybe then I will dare bare my soul in my art.

Today's works in progress - The right coast and the left coast, Two days apart

Threw paint on canvases today. Will go back and add layers of glazes and detail before calling them finished.

Duck & Goose Crossing - North Road, Sunapee, NH

Photo taken Oct 14, 2008

Here on the right coast, today I was inspired by the color that is still in peak. I wanted to capture the depths of contrast in colors and shadows. Even though it is an overcast day, the colors of the leaves create the feeling of bright sunshine. This scene is right outside our neighborhood, going into town. Many times we are stopped in front of the weeping willow waiting for ducks and geese to meander from their pond to their farm. Some of the geese are indignant and yell at us to get off their road, not caring that we are much bigger than they are.

Haystack, Cannon Beach, OR

Photo taken October 12, 2008

On the left coast, late on a Sunday afternoon, we made a quick visit to the Pacific Ocean before flying home on the red-eye. Haystack Rock, at 235 feet high, is the third largest coastal monolith in the world. An overly photographed and oft painted subject, I was pleased to be able to capture a couple walking in the surf, adding to the immenseness of this natural formation.