The Landscape: New Work

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ― Rumi......This painting has taken me almost two years to finish: although I'll admit I let it sit for months on end during that time, and would return when it called me. A few minutes ago, I applied the final layer of cold wax as the final finish, gently buffing the painting with a soft cloth and love in my heart: knowing it was 'there'...the place it was meant to be. I'm just the conduit. Paintings and art transcend to higher places when they're from the heart and soul....... OPEN STUDIO: I'll have open studio here at my 1895 Art House, Saturday, February 16 from 1-3 p.m., open to the public. Lots of parking available across the street at Saluda Fire Department!

New Work: The Landscape

"You are standing at the edge of the woods at twilight when something begins to sing, like a waterfall" ~ excerpt from Mary Oliver's poem "You Are Standing At The Edge of the Woods" This painting is a larger piece I've worked on and off with for the past year...letting it sit awhile, then returning. With open studios coming up this weekend, I had hoped to finish it, but realize it's impossible to do everything! Let alone mow, clean, rearrange, and get the house ready for the public. Still, I took a picture of it, and really love the ethereal feel, something that has stayed in the piece all along. Looks very simple, but there are delicate layers upon layers.