And Life Itself is on the Wing

"And Life Itself is on the Wing"

(work in progress)

7 x 11 watercolor, white ink, and gold leaf 

This is the beginning of a series of paintings I have started themed "Nesting". It came from thoughts of comforting places, encompassing the need for peace, and then letting go to imagination. I was drawing with some sticks & stones in my sketchbook, practicing some writing excersises with the actual word as well, then went for a walk and found this little nest on the ground, and this is what came out of that afternoon, I feel it is still a work in progress. Other paintings in this series have been started too. It a slow moving series of paintings, but I am throughly enjoying this process of finding a subject that found me and then developing it into more un-traditonal ways using my watercolor and mixed media techniques. Sticks, nests, natural elements, colors, poetry have new meaning when I combine them.

Este es el Caballo

by Cathal Brown

6" x 10" wire sculpture

Is this cool or what, Cal is preparing his materials for a metal sculpture in the residency here in Cuidad Colon, Costa Rica 2010. Tools, metal and other natural materials are being collected as we speak. So inspiring!

Christmas Horse Parade

Bernarda & Isabella took us to the fabulous horse parade in San Jose, it was truly amazing, 5000 horses, 5000 drunk cowboys (some of them, ok most of them). Every kind of horse imaginable.

Buenas Dias

The weather has finally changed, the winds have died down and the sun is shining warmer. On my way out the door to paint with Patricia. We went for a short walk late yesterday afternoon and found the most beautiful flowers to paint today. So exciting...green, red and purple..will post later.

Cal finding that sculpting wire and metal into horse is his new calling, will post that too later.

Lunch today with Bernarda & Isabella at the hotel she works at up on the hill (oh the hill...steep walk)...lots of activity here in colony..getting ready for newcomers this weekend. Carol coming on Sunday, Nina on Tuesday..yippeee!