Sweets of Talents from Sirce Kwai
It’s very hard to see yourself. In fact, it’s impossible. You cannot see yourself anymore than I can see myself. It is the nature of our human eyes fixed inside our skulls that do not pivot or maneuver outside our Continue Reading …
Although this piece is about how the eye travels through a painting, my chin was on the ground. The beach surf wasn’t especially dramatic on this day. Gentle, regular low surf broke on the sand. The seaweed laced the edges Continue Reading …
Children are natural engineers of sand. That little boy might as well be wearing a hard hat for the effort of sand movement he’s about to dig into. His older sister has already figured out that hydraulics help the formation Continue Reading …
Rough surf day at the beach. This was a rough painting to accomplish. I’d say it isn’t what I intended but I worked it to where it was as done as it was going to get. More work on it Continue Reading …
Florida landscapes are deceptively simple and gentle. That comes from the razing of the land for the purpose of development. The real energy, the substrata of energies, is a rumbling turmoil. Ever since I landed in Florida in 1987, the Continue Reading …
The Sun was at high noon. Right above my head, it radiated out light so bright I couldn’t look at it. But I could squint and see the rays pouring out. My original piece started with just a round partial Continue Reading …
The assisted living facility lunchtime gathering can seem like a long wait. One man took a nap. Sleeping before his lunch was very comfortable on the large sofa. Attendants were in the main hall making sure their oldies were still Continue Reading …
Tuesday morning on the beach at about 11 am. Before I hit the hot sands, I pulled out my pastels along the boardwalk path that opens up on the beach from the coastal forest. It’s one of those views that Continue Reading …
Old Floresta is a historic neighborhood which reflects good taste in landscaping, houses that don’t shout money, and is welcoming to artists. Sitting across one home with enough space for the owners to move their cars without running over Continue Reading …
For Saturday, I rested on Thursday. Because this past Saturday, the beach called me early in the day. The day’s pastel lesson was in Value study. Below image is off the internet. The gradations from black to white are called Continue Reading …