Monday, February 14, 2011

The day was for melting

Two melting kinds of  days in a row and then tonight a bit of freezing to keep us on our toes. You might say a perfect Valentine's day - balmy and romantic, sunny and cloudy and then  a slight rising and falling of temperatures to keep the extremities tingling and us all wondering what's happening next on the horizon - weather wise that is. 
This is  pastel sketch  of the same farmland stream from a few years ago. I wouldn't mind having such a stream like this in my back yard where I could sit and ponder life's idiosyncrasies - the permanence and impermanence of things for hours at a stretch 



8 comments:

  1. These last two works have a very unique character, your own colours and forms, I like them very much Marcia!

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  2. You do this so well!
    The small bits of line in wonderful
    character plus the subtle breaks of colors.
    Beautiful Marcia,
    Doug

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  3. This has the sparkle of hope. Spring!

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  4. I melted just a little when I saw this. My artist's heart just sluiced right into spring. I was as always dazzled by your talent. Wow! Wow! Wow! I said, and then went outside and chilled and tried to get back to producing art in the shadow of greatness.

    Love Barbara

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  5. Thank you Kathrin! I'm always excited and fascinated by forms in nature and the countryside and I grew up in rural areas and would live there except that I also love crowds of people too and the variety of cultural offerings that cities provide.

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  6. Dear Doug, it is so heartening when you tell me things like this because most often my lines are still there because I am invariably unfinished with the pieces that I do.
    Thank you!!!
    Marcia

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  7. Sam, thank you for your comment!
    You prompted me to look up the expression - 'Hope springs eternal' - which I just did - it comes from Alexander Pope in his Essay on Man - 1732.
    I agree! renewal - thumbs up!

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  8. Hello dear Barbara, you are a silly!!! Of course you know that you are and I love it!
    love, Marcia

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