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Monday Missive~When It’s Done

Whenever I begin with that first brush stroke, that first bit of paint on canvas I always wonder as I progress how I will know when it’s done.  My good friend and partner, an artist of incredible proportions, told me … Continue reading

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Sunday Afternoon Musings

A complete amateur, but I persist in putting paint on canvas; it soothes my soul almost as much as going out to take photos. Today, as I stare at this piece I’m working on, I am unable to take my … Continue reading

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Monday Musings~Starting Somewhere

  For a long time I felt an urge, a need, to put paint down on something, anything. I painted walls in the new houses we moved in to over the years. But then, this wasn’t enough, and I stopped … Continue reading

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The Sunday Traveler~ A Museum and a Concert

We took a little impromptu drive in to San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum yesterday afternoon for their Saturday afternoon organ concert in the Rodin gallery. We hadn’t seen the current Tissot exhibition, so this was a twofer. And by … Continue reading

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Monday Photo Minimalism~Art in the Water

A foggy Northern California morning, on the pier waiting for the ferry.

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Wordless Wednesday~St. Francis and Guest

 

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Minimalism on Tuesday~In the de Young Museum

Minimalism in the de Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco. I can’t even remember what else was in the room I was in, only that as I walked through and glanced over towards this hallway my eyes locked in … Continue reading

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The Sunday Traveler~Mother and Child

A photo of a sculpture in a Cancun hotel taken several years ago. It conveys that love, that bond like no other. Happy Mother’s Day.

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The Sunday Traveler~The Hess Winery Art

The Sunday Traveler, looking down onto the vineyards of the Hess Winery after a short 45 minute drive, convinces me that local travel is relaxing and fulfilling when it comes to the need to expand on the everyday. We took … Continue reading

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Monday Photo Minimalism~In the Museum

In the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. Art by Ruth Asawa using copper and brass wire.

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