Genesis
of dust from the ground
first up and then down...
once a form
now there is none
Serra Retreat
While we're gone:
Maui Gems
wandering flora climbing on high
the suns fervent reaching
welcoming the sky
wondering seeking with open eye
Ivy Leagues
so does the wood bind the sweet honeysuckle...
gently entwines the ivy so
from one burgeoning to the infinite
Woodlands
they shut the road through the woods
seventy years ago____
weather and time have undone it again
now you would never know
Double Tree
the tree that never had to fight
for sun and sky and air and light
but stood in the open plain and always got its share of rain
never became a forest king but lived and died a scrubby thing
--a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place
The most recent paintings are presented and structured similar in format to developing and writing a book...a theme, an outline, a story, and a finale.
A "series" consists of ten paintings in pre-determined topics or "chapters". Within the chapters are episodes, which lead from one painting to the next, forming and abstract visual story. They may be inspired by a mental picture or memory.... or from the imagination and sub-conscious.
As in the "natural-landscape”, the framed visual melds and blends into its, "local"/"personal", environment.
The subtle presence complements the interior whole...accepting a similar role as furniture, wall covering, and other accessories.