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Taking the backroads in mid spring, it's delightful to watch the transition from spring's promise to summers fullness, the brown fields are turning green the trees are filling out, and the world comes to life once more...
Transitions
8x10, glazed acrylic on cradled wooden board.
Prevailing Wind
A steady wind acts as a sculptor, directing branches and canopy into elegant shapes.
These creations though can be fragile in the face of the hurricanes that lash this coast more frequently and stronger as the oceans warm. Each year we wonder what changes the winds will bring.
original painting, glazed acrylic, 12x16, on cradled wooden panel, ready for hanging
$340.00
Wonderland
Along one of the city's busiest thoroughfares there are still remnants of what was.
Most bear signs 'zoned for development, will build to suit!'
For many the the heavy equipment has already flattened the land and removed the visages of before.
Here and there though, remnants of the earlier wonderland remain.
Defiant, young trees reclaim what was forest and field.
Nature is ever hopeful.
UPDATE:
this scene is no more, the bulldozers have done their work, and a new strip mall is being built.
original painting, 12x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,
$285.00
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Salt marshes on the oceans edge, are called the cradle of the sea. A huge percentage of ocean based life is born or hatched in the marsh. Inland marshes share a similar role of incubator and safe haven.
The worlds marshes, fens and swamps are some of the most misunderstood and therefore endangered habitats in the world.
Drained to farm - they provide rich soil, drained for mosquito control, drained to build on, filled in for all of the above... once gone they are not replaceable. Wetlands the world over teeter on the edge of destruction.
12x16, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang $340.
Spread your arms and dance with the wind. Sometimes swaying gently, other times appearing ready to leap from the ground. Elegant partners dancing through the decades, creating their own music.
Live Oaks are a icon for durability, centuries old they have endured much change and hopefully will continue the dance into the future with their lithe companions the Saw Palmetto.
8x8, glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, $190.
''For centuries, the marsh has served as a natural passageway for both humans and animals, offering a route that has been utilized since ancient times.'''
The world over marshes are disappearing, not just 'highways' they are also the cradle of the sea. From fish to birds to mammals, to reptiles, life starts here is nurtured then ventures into the world. The fragility of these precious environments
Treasured Memories,
For many Ontarians the near north is the place to spend lazy summer days.
A place of lakes, forest, and peace, beloved by Canadian artists, in our hearts and memories there is no more treasured place to spend a holiday.
8x10 on cradled board ready to hang,
glazed acrylic, $215. available
Tor, Celtic hill fort, an ancient place of safety, now a place of peace and dreams, surrounded by fields of wild daffodils, and grazing sheep. If only all battle grounds could be this way.
16x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,
$340.00
Thank you to my amazing Welsh cousin Deb Tilley for the reference photo see more of her photography here
