Urban Sprawl

A one brush experiment
in strokes of sumi ink,
toned with cadmium yellow watercolor
to create a brassy effect.
The result seems to me like an aerial view
of rooftops, sidewalks,
reflecting pools, and grassy lawns.

 

available on ebay

Music of the Spheres

To me

instrumental music

is the equivalent

of abstract art.

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This is another blank watercolor greeting card
from an ongoing series of abstracts.

Signed and dated,
the prose above are handwritten
on a separate page of vellum,
(to trash or treasure, whichever is your pleasure)
Envelope included.

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Could've Been

These abstract brush strokes could have been
fish, or needles, or dried grass stems.
Could've been
that the movie runs backwards:
hurricanes build homes and lush landscapes -

earthquakes restore tall buildings and old cities -
floods repair roads, remove debris, stabilize hillsides -
and fired guns remove bullets and bring people back to life.

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This is another blank watercolor greeting card
from an ongoing series of abstracts.

Signed and dated on the back,
the prose above are handwritten
on a separate page of vellum,
(convenient for burning if you find the words irritating)
Envelope included.

available on ebay

Get Well Soon

With nothing in mind,
this abstract watercolor card
was created
four months before the pandemic,

using gold marker.

Sure looks to me
like trouble
under a microscope.

The Jealous People

Thinking of You,
the jealous people,
the ones that said
"I hate you."

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Grace comes into focus

Grace comes into focus

afterwards.

available through the artist

We live between

We live between
Heaven and Earth.

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Infinite Potential

 
The infinite potential
of nothingness.

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Pursuit of happiness

A frenetic, looping chase
around an imagined goal:

the pursuit of happiness.

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Pacing the Cage

Of all Bruce Cockburn's oeuvre
Pacing the Cage
holds for me
the most powerful poetry.

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To Understand

To understand,
we impose patterns
upon random energy.

Somewhere Above

Somewhere above
the chaotic abstractions
is a place of calm.

Those Lines Again

Those lines again,
ever since that drawing class

with Paul Vasquez
back in 1976,
they keep showing up.

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Flurry of Colors

One of a series of small watercolor
paintings on card stock.

 

Abscape

Abstract turned landscape, again.

Thanks to Jim A. for the new word.

Plaids Are Not My Thing

Plaids are not my thing,
but the linear play of brushstrokes were too tempting.

Good Morning Warmup #5,

 a small watercolor available through the artist