I paint while overlooking a 5-acre pond—"our" pond for a week—on 45 acres of secluded rural land in NY state, land which aside from the tiny rustic cabin we are calling home is otherwise undeveloped.
The painting start below, a creative inquiry undertaken outdoors on a blustery summerlike afternoon at the cabin, will have been packed up, transported home, and unpacked by the time this post is published. My time away will have been embedded energetically in the paint.
Visual history of final NY-vacation painting start:
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| vacation painting from four years ago |
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| vacation painting start 2020, heading somewhere new |
8 comments:
your vista sounds gorgeous and delightfully solitudinal....and I adore where this painting is going!
SUCH a magnificent beauty, solitude, wide open earth and sky, and peacefulness in NY last week! Now the work begins —— I hope to bring into my own studio at home a smidge of the courage broadcasting itself magnanimously and fabulously in your blog post today; hope to live to the edge of tears (have shed a few already this morning)
A private pond, rustic cabin, 45 acres to roam! I can only fantasize! I would have been spending most of my time wandering and hiking to let my body and soul absorb. I see reflections in your pond, Dotty's pond!
SUCH a glorious week of wandering, walking, meditating, hiking, exploring, eating, boating, and campfiring outdoors. No masks, no news, no hustle or bustle! All captured in paint : )
A slice of heaven, to be sure!
Simple pleasures, wide open land and trees and hillsides and farms, a different four walls: perfection!
Sounds dreamy! Quiet and still :) Love the beginning... and the hint of what is to come. :)
my painting energy has gone quiet and still! Very busy with re-entry tasks in the past few days. I'm glad you referred to 'what is to come' —— I need the reminder, Sheila!
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