Nesting - it's that time of year. Double page journal spread. Ink over spray paint.
Interior view
Spending entirely too much time inside, waiting for spring. Imaginary interior -although I would love a pink chair that color.
The last of winter (hopefully)
Warned to expect a snowstorm on Monday night I painted this. "View from a window" scene and then, happily, we had no snow.
Timetable Collage - Sunday Lunch
There's nothing like a time table to help one get back on track and organized after a week away. Metro North's red provides the perfect stripes for our cat's chic dining room curtains, and a lot else besides.
Needle Felting, A Néw Adventure
Finally, something I have been wanting to do for ages. I bought a needle felting kit ( for a red fox) and started stabbing. My fox is nowhere near as charming as the models made by Jenny Barnett who made this kit but he does have a lot of character, in addition to a very large and bushy tail. Not too bad for a self taught first effort although I must admit the kit was wonderfully organized and without it I would never have dared take that first step . For more info please see www.jennymade.coriandr.com Of course, once I started I was hooked and this grey hare followed shortly afterwards. Father remarked that I looked rather like a witch working on a voodoo doll as I sat at the table jabbing away with my lethal looking needles.
Not sure what will be next but it won't be long coming.
Harbinger of Spring
Finally a harbinger of spring. A tiny (5 x 7") collage on canvas board of a small wren among the snowdrops. Of course with high winds and another winter storm on its way the wren may not be feeling quite so spring like soon.
Back to owls.
Back to owls, this time a small barred owl based on the stuffed owl on display at the Peabody Museum in Néw Haven, CT. A very small owl , only 7 x 5 ", on a canvas board. Acrylic against a night sky of mid value purple.
Another Dog Day, tail end of Winter
Double page journal spread. The dogs are smitten with tail end Winter blues.
Dog Fox
Not completely sure. Small acrylic on board, 8" x 10 ".
Dogs.
Stylized, simplified colorful dogs. Part of a class unit on folk art. Watercolor, journal page.
Likely to be just dreaming of spring for a long time
Ice patterns photographed last week on an early morning walk. The river is still frozen solid,
Thinking of spring
A hungry beetle dreams of his first spring picnic. Watercolor, journal page.
We get along swimmingly
Happy Valentines
Post Early
A reminder to post early for Valentine's Day.
A very Red Red Fox
Same Red Fox, but with a very different background. Acrylic on wood panel, 12 x 12".
Big, Red Fox
Walking at the Point early one morning, a few walks ago, I met a lady coming in the opposite direction. "There's a Big, Red Fox coming this way" she said, "You might want to carry a big stick." So naturally and stickless, I set off in the direction she had come from. Alas no sign of the fox, but if I had seen him, this is what he might have looked like....
Another owl joins the group
Ever since Athena went to live in a library in upstate New York the other owls have been constantly pestering me for a new playmate. This morning Raphaeowl finally joined them. He still needs a little spit and polish but he is basically done. His chest plumage comes from a sheet of decorative paper with Thai script on it and the rest of him is covered with pages from a vintage Japanese book with mulberry bark paper.
The River finally freezes
After a week of bitterly cold weather, never rising above about 23 degrees, the river finally froze solid. Yesterday the first ice hockey game of the New Year took place. Late in the afternoon I walked onto the river to record this epic event.
More Fluids
Bitterly cold. Nothing is as perfect as that cup of Earl Grey tea when it is 21 degrees outside and one has just walked around the Point.
Staying Warm - Tea and Coffee Sampler
Trying to stay warm and healthy by drinking lots of hot fluids and taking my vitamin C. Also a very fun way of playing with all the new and beautiful Daniel Smith watercolors I got for Christmas. Thank you, Paul.
