April showers

Now is when the trees and flowers begin to bud in southeast Massachusetts.

frozen Buttermilk Bay

The tide retreating from the beach.  The ice is like a ghostly remnant of time.  The past, present and inevitable future.


Electric Avenue Beach.  A few blocks from home.

A good reminder that the water is shallow at low tide.  Diving could be quite dangerous.

a drawn bridge

A visual pun.

Watercolor, color pencil and brush pen on watercolor paper.  9x9"

Winter Storm Juno

Yesterday, in the midst of winter storm Juno, I trekked the 4 blocks to the beach.  This was before the snowplows could clear the roads, so it took about half an hour to get there with the snow up at my thighs.  The wind gusts were at least 60 m.p.h. while the snow blew sideways.  I love extreme winter weather like this!

Electric Avenue beach on Buttermilk Bay in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Being on the beach always inspires beach and ocean art.  There are so many wonderful places and things to explore along the shoreline.  There are edible shellfish and seaweed that can be plucked and eaten immediately.  Others are taken home and steamed to perfection.  Edible art inspirations.

watercolor, color pencil and ink.  5x7"

frogs and people and cats

Drawn with ink, painted with coffee.

whoosh!

Another windy day at the beach.

half-a-Chinese firedrill

Having fun in the pouring rain while waiting for the light in the early morning of Christmas in Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.  Both refused to budge from their seating, so there the pair sat in the car in the pouring rain while watching the light turn from red to green and back to red again.

Happy Holidays

where ever you may be.

Some years back I made a quick sketch while visiting Kona, Hawaii.  Every once in a while when I come across this sketch, I scan, reprint and add more to it.  Essentially, it is decaying with each generation of print, but at the same time, vibrance is added with each new layer.  This is probably the fifth generation of the original sketch.

Printed paper and color pencil.

Liquid.  One of my two favorite words.

3.5x5.5"

gridded liquid

Acrylic/watercolor mix and ink.  8x10"

world without end

Back in early September, my adopted mother passed away.  This was the art I created just before, during and just after she died.  It is an image of moving into the next realm, which flows seamlessly through time and space.  Always spinning along in a unique, personal journey.  I was so entranced in this world that I could not stop until it was finished.  Some intense emotions they were.

water and fire

A study created with watercolor and color pencils.  7x3.5" each.

sailing the tropics

with a palm tree sailboat.  Drawn with a ballpoint pen.

Scusset Beach

Rough seas on Cape Cod Bay.

salt marsh bird houses

Cape Cod birdhouses in the salt marshes of Yarmouth. Ink and crayon.

salt marsh, Cape Cod

Just for fun last week, I randomly selected an address on my G.P.S. Such a gorgeous location! I love the islands of tall grasses, occasionally interrupted by deep blue tidal pools. On the horizon is the Atlantic Ocean. I really love the natural beauty of Cape Cod.

Salem Harbor

A tall ship beyond the bank of snow. Salem, Massachusetts.

Wimberley sketches

Left: Cypress Creek lined with cypress trees. East Summit Drive.

Right: The "Flying C Ranch". Caliche Road.

Wimberley sketches

Left: the low water crossing on the Blanco River. When the river is flowing after a storm, this road is closed. Fulton Ranch Road.

Right: 16100 Ranch Road 12. Sometimes known as the "igloo" place. Blooming purple sage in the foreground. WoodCreek water tower in the background.