Ketring Meadow

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I've been house sitting in Littleton, CO and on my morning walk came across this sunlit meadow amongst the trees in nearby Ketring Park and just had to capture it en Plein air!

Compersion.

I learned a new word this week: Compersion. I thought it was a typo at first, but I found, according to Wikipedia, it means... "The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy." Contrasting with Jealousy or Schadenfreude, the gaining of pleasure from someone else's misfortune. Too much of that going on in the world! So now I have a word that describes the feeling I have when seeing someone enjoy my artwork or getting some really nice comments online or in person. Thank you all and namaste.

I found it in a book at the library that is a compilation from the webcomic - Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf, who is a freelance author and illustrator focusing on the topics of healthy communication and relationship dynamics. Her work is used as an aid by therapists and educators, and has been translated into several languages.

Click here to learn more.

Happy 1st Day of Summer!

Where the Bunnies Are

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I love my early morning walks on the Highline Canal trail. Listening to the birdsong, seeing the light on the trees and the land. And spotting the occasional deer or fox, and of course the ever present little cottontail bunnies hopping all over the place, sharing their habitat with us. Always brings a smile.

Melon-cow-ly

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As summer draws near and the temperatures rise I get a hankering for sweet, sweet watermelon. I got an organic mini and combined it with an expandable accordion cow toy I've had for a while and been wanting to use in a painting. Et voila: Melon-cow-ly.

Happy Father's Day!

This is a drawing of our dad we found when my brother Paul and I were going through the last box of our mom's stuff a couple months ago. Interestingly neither of them ever mentioned its existence! They were married for two weeks when the Korean War broke out and President Harry Truman extended everyone's tour of duty an additional year. We believe the drawing was done while he was in Korea, and I was just a twinkle in his eye...

Michelangelo's Father

Snowball Sunrise

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I went out for my cardio work and was greeted along the trail by this beautiful snowball bush glowing in the raking light and shadows of the morning sun. 

"Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it..." -- Paul Gauguin