Calla Lilly & Hemlock 2002 11
Zantedeschia aethiopica & Tsuga canadensis

Note:
I’ll be going off line for a while as I prepare to move. I should be back up and running, late April, early May.

Pop Peppers 2007 04

Capsicum...

I haven’t quite got a grasp on Pop Art. However, I have explored this in somewhat a playful manner… using basic primary colors. It’s not an original idea because Mother Nature has actually already done the primary color thing with these vegetables.

Green, Yellow, Red and Purple peppers do exist in nature!

Man with Guitar 1972

Here’s a “moldy oldie” I came across while cleaning out the garage.
You can’t make out the date down in the bottom right hand corner… but I can!
It’s 1972 and finding this prompted a lot of memories.
This watercolor & ink was done while I was in scenic downtown Southeast Asia. How it survived almost forty years is anyone’s guess, but I do remember that it was to be the first of several showing instruments I enjoy hearing played.
The additional pieces were never started as the Vietnam War sort of got in the way and my attentions were needed elsewhere.Who knows? I might pull a Phoenix out of my hat in the near future in regards to this idea…

“Art” In Phases!

I’ve gone through a couple different phases and tried a couple different things…
[Note: The beard was one of those phases & things]
Some I grew out of, while others are held in reserve… Why? I don’t know.
I like doing things that are new, different, fun, or provide me or someone else enjoyment… When they start to become a job, then I usually back away from them. [I already had a job!]
I’m not an applause junkie, but will admit on those rare occasions, I do enjoy it when I can get someone to laugh… especially if they’ve been having a rough day.

In response to an email I received… I was asked about my experiences in theater, mentioned in the “Seeds Sown” posting.
The person asking, had attended at least a couple charity fund raising events I participated in, over the twenty years I was involved doing those… but was unaware I had done or at least tried some theater.

Vocal Rehearsals

Yes, I can sing…
I don’t believe I pose a challenge to any current or past artists… You wouldn’t see me on “Idol” and I’ve even been in a sound studio at least one or three times. There may be demos possibly still kicking around somewhere, but I don’t have any in my possession.
I do consider theater and stage to be art, as well as some music… playing an instrument can be art, photography also and a few other things…
[I’ll get around to posting some artsy photos, later...]

I prefer some tangibility…
Renderings, photographs, or audio recordings provide that tangibility…

Theater and stage…
A souvenir program isn’t quite the same, although I wish now I had kept a couple of them. Its fun, its hard work and if you’re extremely fortunate, friendships can develop and you can sit back and watch those friends take off with their careers.
You also get to meet some truly quirky, eccentric and… “Unique” people!

No “Big Time” or even near to big time experiences would show up on a resume, if I were to have a resume for stage and theater… all were local or community theater groups, but hey, it was fun and I learned a lot!

“Ten Nights in a Barroom” Cast

“Ten Nights in a Barroom”[William Platt] and “House of Blue Leaves” [John Guare] were two notable theater performances I was involved with.
I had lines and walk-ons, although I was far from being a principlal character…
That was fine with me.
Set construction was a shared chore too… Now that was a learning experience! Especially when they lit the set! Every mistake popped out like it had its own mini-spotlight!

St Francis, Union Square, San Francisco

My experiences with stage musicals took place in San Francisco and Los Angeles and were usually performed under a “variety-type”, charity fund raising banner with limited engagement. It was a lot of work for weeks before in preparation and then it was over. I recall doing a few of those.

For all those “dancers” who truly can dance and choreograph…
My hats off to you!
I never said I could dance, but… ah what the hell… 5 – 6 – 7 – 8…

Still, they were enjoyable experiences in a different type of art form.
Yeah, they were fun!

Oriental Poppies 2002 01

Papaver orientale

Back to the basics… at least for me!

Avenue to Terrace 2002 04

Browns and Grays

Saxony 2002 02

Although still my personal preference, there are more things then plants. Street scenes and some buildings can catch my eye, but I don’t get the earth tones I’m accustomed to.