The Girl from the Hill

Just when I feel as if I've got a pattern, a path, I pick up my brushes and a whole, new kind of picture emerges. This time it's almost representational. Not all the way -- but almost. There is a feeling of a home, a building, trees, maybe even a fire in the background. Then, there is the girl, definitely a girl. I didn't ask her to be there. I didn't plan for her to be there, but she emerged. She's leaving, going somewhere, her back to us. Who is she? Why is she there? She hasn't said a word.

The silent female on a silent journey. And we all have a journey. Sometimes we share it with others and sometimes we keep it to ourselves.

Is it a good thing to keep that silence? Yes, I do believe that sometimes it is. The recent movie that impressed me so much was "Get Low" with Robert Duval, the remarkable man who kept his secret for so many years. I won't comment on how I think he should have gone. You need to see the movie. It is so very rich. I do wish I could write a movie as powerful as that one.

People have been asking me about "The Blessing," the watercolor painting I did of Pres. Barack Obama. Yes, I do have prints available. I put the 8"x11" print on ebay local for $85. However,

if you see it here on my blog, I am assuming you are a friend. Friends' price is $35.

In the Heat of the Night

NPR played Bolero tonight and I picked up my brushes and the reds and yellows jumped out at me. I don't think this is finished, but I see the summer heat and the passion of the music reflected on the canvas. It's rude, it's crude, but it's getting there. Getting where, I don't really know. I had a conversation with Andre this afternoon and he paints the same way -- He lets the painting just flow. Neither of us start with a firm, absolute idea of where we're going. Maybe that's also a pretty good definition of my lifestyle. Things happen. Sometimes you'd like to plan, but it just doesn't work. What you expect rarely turns out that way.

Some of the heat on my canvas may have also been borrowed from last night's screening of "Go Low." It could be the movie of the year. If you see it, I promise you, you won't forget it. Bill Murray, Robert Duval and Sissy Spacek. An incredible cast and a story that came out of Georgia's hills. A country story based on real people. Relatives of Duval's character were in the audience!

Photo Op: Paintings in Decatur -- My about-to-end show: taking it down tomorrow night.

मोरे photos

Listen up: विथ एवेर्य्थिंग एल्स ठाट इस गोइंग वरोंग इन थे वर्ल्ड, आईटी ग्रेट तो गो बेक तो नतुरे एंड फंड आउट ठाट आईटी इस दोंग वेल.

मोरे फोटोस ऑफ़ spring

Listen up: तेरे इस अ होर्से इन थे पस्तुरे आक्रोस थे वे। अ बेऔतिफुल सिघत इन थे मोर्निंग.

Spring

इ कोउल्दं'टी रेसिस्ट तकिंग ठेस फोटोस थिस मोर्निंग...स्प्रिंग इन जार्जिया इस थे मोस्ट बेऔतिफुल टाइम ऑफ़ इयर.