Sweets of Talents from Sirce Kwai
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 …
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 …
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 …
South Florida habitat includes entire populations living on the waters. Yesterday I ventured from the verdant swamps to the turquoise waters of Key Largo. I was out to snorkel to see fish in their natural habitat. My buddy just bought Continue Reading …
During a Skype call business meeting last night, I interrupted the call to go out cat herding. The business meeting is where business people get together to discuss strategies in our businesses; this is an important meeting for me. But Continue Reading …
The seaweed march to the tide. The flotilla only had their bottoms washed because yesterday morning’s tide was gentle. On more aggressive tides, the seaweed get marched out to swirling waters where they are provide shade, food and bring color Continue Reading …