September 23, 2009

Mustard Field- Czech to Slovakia-landscape pastel

Traveling from Czech to Slovakia:
The train zoooomed.
A slice of yellow pierced the green.
Like the split of the 2 countries.
"They had a divorce,"
said the man in Prague.
Split down the middle like the mustard field. A little bitter.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.





September 15, 2009

Flower Children

Big heads bobbing.
Eager fingers picking.
Sun streaming down their hair
Illuminating the flowers.
Peace and love.
The 60s was 40 years ago?

Pastel, 5x7, NFS




September 10, 2009

Goodbye Greenhouse

Pick plants in May.
Rain.
June.
Rain.
July.
Rain.
August.
Rain.
September.
End of season sale.
Pick up perennials.
Pass on the annuals.
Prepare for fall.
Got any mums?

Watercolor, 8x10, $150.




September 8, 2009

All's Quiet on the Waterfront

All's quiet.
Everyone's gone.
Just gulls, boats, wharfs and water.
Sad or glad?

[Gloucester, MA]
Pastel, 8x10, $150.





August 31, 2009

Field of Dreams

A knuckle ball?
Curve ball?
Scew ball?
Strike?
Bunt?
Ball?

Hit it?
One chance.
That's life.

Pastel, 5x7
$100.




August 20, 2009

August 18, 2009

Market to Market

August.
Ripe red tomatoes, juicy peaches, hot peppers, sweet corn...

all gifts of the earth, the farms, and the sun.


"Farmstand" pastel painting [SOLD]

My painting "Farmstand" was used on the cover of the just published book by Merry Stetson Hall- BRINGING FOOD HOME: THE MAINE EXAMPLE.

August 12, 2009

Toes & tulle

Done for the day?
or
Just beginning?

Pastel, 5x7
$125.






August 5, 2009

August is Popsicles

Forget cake.
Forget candy.
Forget sodapop.
August is popsicles. Cherry, orange, raspberry, lemon and lime...
Give me grape. When I was little, the ice cream man would ring his bell and we'd go flying outside to pick our choice of the colored ice on 2 sticks. One bite of a grape popsicle to this day brings me back to those carefree summers of bare feet, shorts, games and fireflies.

8"x10" Pastel  [SOLD-Texas]