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| "Pond's Edge - Branches" watercolor on paper, 11"x15", VClaff 2015 |
I
need a week off to go deeper into work in the studio. Not going to paint is an exercise in
discipline right now. When a crack opens into the mystery and I find myself sinking into
a kind of deep soul state while painting, the desire to let everything else wait is strong. With the cold weather coming, wood to be put in and the usual responsibilities of life and teaching, tasks cannot be put off.
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| "Pond's Edge - Laurel" watercolor on paper, 8"x10", VClaff 2015 |
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| "Maple" watercolor on paper, 11"x15", VClaff 2015 |
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| "Mysterious Light" watercolor on paper, 11"x15", VClaff 2015 |
It's good to be working again, good to be sinking deeply into these mysterious
tree-worlds, good to have at least some time for it. I had so much time
over the summer, but other things needed to happen... timing is
everything. I've learned to trust it.
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| Tree & Cloud - small study, VClaff, 2015 |
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| Small study, VClaff, 2015 |
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| Small study, VClaff, 2015 |
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| Small study, VClaff, 2015 |
The celebration of color continues - a short trip around town for errands is
magical. Walks up the road are slow to soak in the fire of autumn.
We've had the first flakes of winter, but nothing really stuck, and Rhu seems
happy with the shifting of the seasons. I am, too - warm fires in the hearth,
roasted roots and steamed kale and fresh cider and the time of bare
branches swiftly approaching. For now, though, the most extraordinary
tapestry of rusting colors covers the hillsides and I find myself gasping
at the beauty of it.
