And So We Start Again. I’ve Started A New Painting Titled “Flutter.”
And so we start again … Starting this new work, I learned much about what I foraged from neighborhood sidewalks and lawns this past late summer and fall. I didn’t gather enough small, reddish samaras or the tiny yellow ones. Too, I took a winter tree identification class last Saturday and I may be wrong calling all of these samaras. I need to check that. The other thing I’m discovering is for an artist like myself who for years gathered in the Spring and Summer and then painted throughout the Fall and Winter (an Alaska seasonal calendar), moving to a place that has a very different climate throws that all up into the air. It’s already below zero in the Arctic and sub-Arctic by late September so that equals painting during self-hibernation. Here, it’s almost mid-December and it was 60 degrees out yesterday with blue bird skies. I’m still out walking and harvesting. The learning curve will be harvesting and painting year round. A rare find, a four-winged Maple tree samara or h...
