painting in no time

a three act play in no time

48 x 66 in. oil

inspiration

Stepping out the door

i was met with the fragrance of

wild raspberries.

After yesterday's deluge

i was afraid they all

would have been washed away-

into the cottontail thickets

There's also something

in the smell of corn in husks

cooked over a wood fire

that marks this time of year.

With one small green frog

and a large brown

dragonfly for company
i ate summer rain
sweetened with
maple sunshine
and apologized for
humanity

thirty-five year new northern

 48 x 96 in. oil






half the wood shed is full
i seldom leave it until
raspberry season

it is strange connecting
the illusion of space
across such a void

as of  aug. 18-13
as in the potential
to come in and out of existence
in any number of combinations
depending on a bounce and
then shifting between
the in betweens
might it not just be pulsing between
the dimensions that we see
and the dark one
with about 20%
in the transition
grey ?
















aug 22...as the sun set,  anticipating the moon through tree tops

cumulonimbus

dead reckoning
self portrait
gravity
fluid dynamics
marching clouds
beginning to spin

building a fire

summer coyotes 

with pups

singing

to the deer 

like mermaids

of selection

the blue jay 

carrying a phoebe 

from it's nest

as i arrived to 

chase it away

in the

interconnection

occasionally

when did 

syndical 

and honest 

become 

synonymous

occasionally 

a painting looks

as good

as the wall

but never 

the floor

constellation

transcendence

today a deer
just outside
the door
after the
rain

seawind ketch

Charlotte

designed and built by Nat Benjamin to sail with his family and friends.

see WoodenBoat Magazine Nov/Dec 2013


The red and white lead primer made their way into subsequent paintings