Guadeloupe (Day 1: Rainforest and Volcano Hike Photos)
For our first day, we headed straight to the heart of Guadeloupe National Park and hiked in the tropical rainforest in the morning, and then climbed the volcano in the afternoon.
Nature
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2022)
I love the regular input of nature soothing my psyche, as well as the color and compositional studies the seasons provide.
The Earth is Full of Soul (Quote by John O’Donohue with Photos)
Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality…
Trees in Crayon and Marker (Grid Journaling #2)
This feels more like painting than drawing, but is a no fuss, no mess approach you can take or do anywhere.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (October 2022)
Hear the crunch and swish of fallen leaves underfoot, and the lapping of the water. Inhale deeply that fabulous scent of leaf decay heightened in the crisping air. Look up into the dappled, dramatic canopy. It all is quite exalting.
Happy Halloween! (Pumpkin Photos)
Enjoy these beauties– their shapes, their expressive natures, the different varieties, colors, textures and stems, as well as how they contribute to a wholistic composition within the frame of a photograph.
Glories of the Season (Photos)
Thank you for joining me in basking in all this gorgeousness, with more to come!
Monhegan Island: Hike Through Cathedral Forest to Squeaker Cove (Photos)
I loved being surrounded with compositions and textures, trees and rocks, moss and roots, surf and sky. See in this post the vignettes I relished on this fabulous hike.
Monhegan Island: Lobster Cove (Photos)
We enjoyed ourselves at Lobster Cove, surrounded by compositional shapes and great texture.
Monhegan Island: Hike to White Head and Burnt Head (Photos)
The photos in this post provide not only a record of our wonderful hike, but are reference photos and compositional ideas for future paintings.
Artist-in-Residency (Day 1 Creative Arts Camp 2022)
These are my photos from my first day of my artist-in-residency at Creative Arts Camp on a gorgeous peninsula on Long Lake in Maine.
The Habit of Awe and Wonder (Quote from Kelly Givens)
“I believe there are certain habits that, if practiced, will stimulate the growth of humble roots in our lives…
Photos of Huntington State Park (July 2022)
Enjoy these photos of this very familiar, but always appreciated, regular ramble of mine.
Jellyfish Photos
Jellyfish are certainly inspiration for abstract compositions, and so intriguingly graceful.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (June 2022)
I gaze at the compositions in the water, at the reflections, the sky, the spider webs, the sun burning through the fog. It is a glorious place and time.
