no such thing as chaos

 Is it melting or freezing?

 Is it melting? ..... or freezing? Coming or going?

desert water

Many moons... chrystalized trees...

 

Take a walk on the moon - let your imagination go...  you may be pleasantly surprised at the beauty in your own imagination......   rice paper supports the texture of the trees - imagine what the leaves of these trees would look like- just let go.....

Many Moons - crystallized trees....

(Originally published August 26, 2016)

Contrasts make the image - see what you would like to see in this - it is actually still wet on the canvas.....  enjoy  January 27, 2024

 

Nature is the door to the imagination.....

The door..... 3/17/2017

Help, I'm melting.......

 Help, I'm melting!  August 28, 2016

Gold Mountain

Rice paper and imagination

June 25, 2015

a lovely flower!

This is from some kind of tulip tree - that was right next to the long leaf pine

 - such perfection - exquisite detail, harmony and balance! (3/1/2018)

Lizard

Nature ----- ingenious - perfect - harmonious - cleaver

November 13, 2017

Where have all the ........ gone.....

where have they all gone.....

August 26, 2016

Maybe New Mexico.....

August 16, 2012

Trees photo June 2009

..... my favorite photo   -   Illusion

June 19, 2011

Texas grass

Bring back the grasses......

Bring back the balance.....

Texas grass ..... Sept 5, 2016

 Nature's natural elegance.....  

will soon start to paint again .....  

stay tuned....  

Different

just different..... 10/9/2016

Water needs a place to stay

water, water, water........

wispy lake -

wispy lake.....

Waterfall?

Waterfall? (Oct 2016)

golden moon

golden moon..... (Oct 9, 2016)

Bridge over ....... waters......

Bridge over ....... waters...... (Nov 12, 2016)

Up, up and way away

up... up... and way away (Feb 27, 2017)

Red at it's best!

just be red! or well read!

Photo chance of a lifetime!

just by luck, sitting next to a lake, this great blue herron skipped across the water and landed within the view of my iphone - was really luck - a wing span of about 6 feet! An amazing bird!

Nature wins again!

my favorite flower!

Odd Flower

Odd flower on rice paper

moon shadow

moon shadow - 2017

Just playful...

Nature's color

just color..... nature's own

What are we putting into our water......

it's all about water.......

Delicate

flower.....

Art is a language for all!

Good morning! or Evening - or whenever it might be your time....   It is now July 1, 2019 - and I am retired!

Thank you all for your visits - by the end of the summer (of 2019), there will be a lot more posts.

I am amazed that there are viewers from Russia, the Netherlands, France, UK, US, Ireland, Nigeria, Spain, Germany, Egypt, Ukraine and more accumulating to over 6,400 views since 2011.

.....all the photographs on this site, were taken with my iPhone - nature is always my inspiration - it gives a natural pallet of hues and colors - and really cannot be surpassed ......

My sons bought me oil paints for my birthday in 2010, and have painted ever since - with all different media.  I did take watercolor lessons as a young child, however, I could never paint anything realistic - or in recognizable shapes like sheep or horses, or houses, etc.  I can't draw worth a flip - but love color and shapes.....

I sometimes wonder what you see when you look at this blog?

I shall assume that you enjoy getting lost in these images - and would encourage you to share them.....

Wishing you a wonderful day..... Jan

up up and away

blooming' grass
October 9, 2016

Layered world...

In order to be an artist, you have to 

let the imagination go .....  

anything is possible

October 2016

Snow Bank

Snow mount - a small piece of imagination September 9, 2016

Mystery Quiet

Mystery Quiet...... April of 2017

Shale in ocean....

Shale in ocean....  This was an experiment in layering a sandy scene that turned into shale looking rocks - it is acrylic, with slow dry mixed in...  November, 2016

sky or ocean within light fills space

sky or ocean?  sometimes simple is just real good - October 2016

Nature is always amazing

Nature is always amazing September 2016

These words are on the back of the painting below, that was given to my Mother by someone? - can anyone try to transcribe the words .....  some words are so difficult to make out..... 

new Pine Cones on the Long Leaf Pine

Nature has a way of color selection - these are brand new pine cones that develop on the Long Leaf Pine - thought it to be rather amazing......

Transitions.....

Transitions.....

Short needle pine

A different flavor of pine cone - if you could eat them they would have to be delicious!

Play with watercolor.....

Ok, this watercolor did not quite turn out as planned, so I fudged a little with Pixelmator.....  just had a bit of fun..... 

Sun spots

Sun spots...

first oil painting 2011

2011 my first oil painting

New Life

On Rice Paper, with Watercolor

Water?

where does all the water come from...... (Oct, 2016)