Moon Goddess

Now I have three "Moon Goddess" paintings in work and am despairing of finishing any of them!  Too much thinking, too little painting!!!  Aarrgghh!!  I must reverse that trend. Must be the chill and rain . . .

Charles New (Winter) Studio

The garden goes to seed, the car goes in the garage.  Time for a warm winter studio . . . with a bit of work . . .
Charles says:  "Spring had better come early"

Drawings by Eason

Houseplants in vase

Eliot's refurbished banjo ukele

Boy's gotta new sketchbook, gotta draw!

Cross-Posting: "Happy, Happy Birthday Tim! and early wishes for a long and happy retirement, too"

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when . . ."
October 24 . . .

What a nice couple!

Cross-posted from Lynne's Uli Day blog.  (See link at right.)

Charles Sends: Bees in Love

LILACS

And the Lilacs were fragrant and blushing with the

Re-emergence of their life in this life

And the Bees were blushing with the fragrance

Of Their Love in this Violet life

And Nature is alive and blushing with the brilliance

Of Being in this Moment and Being with

God in the Garden on this Brilliant Day

-- Charles

Coach Eliot

Eason, Jacob, Eliot and Santi  (from left)

From left:  Wyatt and Santi, unidentified opposite team member,
and Eason with ball

Eliot stepped in today and coached Eason's soccer team at the Saturday game.  He looked like a natural with the kids!

From Marius, Nearing End of Stay in Croatia

John,

 Yup! It's almost time to head for the barn. I have indeed been busy. I must have enough work stored

to have a years worth of shows . Perhaps a book? Wouldn't that be a trip?

-Marius

(Ed:  Click on photo to enlarge for viewing . . .)

Rockhounds

Finding geodes and crystals at Walker Valley with Julia, Eliot,
Eason,  .Kyra, and Charlotte . . . .

(Photo by Kyra, showing Eliot, Papa John and Eason)

Fruits of Labour

Charles has hung a few of this summer's flowers paintings in his living room to savour for the winter. I don't think I need to editorialize here . . .

Art! Mine! Confluence!

The Morning After Art Reception

Noisy deluge all night long in Winthrop turns to clear blue sky filtered through amber aspen.  Stepping outside, you hear the river running over smooth stones and are ravished by the smell of sweet sage and pine and is that heather?

Over the mountains yet again....

Went to Impressionists at SAM today. Cezanne was pretty great and surprisingly a small painting by Toulouse-Lautrec. Others, others...I thought I would be really intimidated.....and of course in skill and technique, I could never get close to the poorest painting there....but this stuff is 150 years old, right? Came home to my studio and thought, "Now this stuff I really like."

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

At the ballgame in Seattle: Go Mariners!!!!!

Yellow gold honey amber -- maple at Newhalem, larch at Washington Pass, aspen at Mazama. Beauty, glory, beauty!

Artist's Statement

In early August, I reported that Eason had shown a painting at the Children's Art Walk and had won an Award of Merit.
Accompanying that painting was his "Artist's Statement" which I think is one of the greatest I have seen.  (I have a lot of trouble creating these statements for my work.)  I got a copy of Eason's for that painting just tonight:

"Title:  Yellow Streak of Blue Thunder

I thought it was an alien
At first,
but it didn't turn out to be,  so I added a few more details and put some more blue on it. 
It turned out to be something but I didn't know what it was."