Creekside After a Flood

Camp chair on a sandy bank

in the shade of willows

cool air warm sun

musical waters

lulled

into complacency

oblivious of the reshaped watercourses

flattened saplings

and tangled debris

Cataract developed as predicted.

More surgery to come.

Trying to see is very tiring. 

Distortion, darkness, no detail, little color, on the right. 

Floaters on the left.

Stumpy Saguaro

Ajman Brahm speaks the trees in the forest, the most interesting and beautiful being so because of their imperfections. With that in mind, I present you with "Stumpy", a saguaro who was somehow beheaded at eight feet, and who compensated for this disaster by sprouting a multitude of arms. 

Another lovely Sunday afternoon sketching at Jewel of the Creek.

Traveling Sketches from Arizona

Thanksgiving in Arizona, spending time with family and hiking in the foothills carrying camera, sketchbook, pencil, and watercolors. The first page of the book is a view of Spur Cross Road, traveling north into the foothills, where conservation groups and land trusts have managed to preserve some of the best hiking trails in the Phoenix area. 

Cave Creek Crossing

5" x 7" acrylic painting on matboard
housed in an 8" x 10" cream-colored mat

These planks cross Cave Creek at Jewel of the Creek, Spur Cross Ranch, in Cave Creek Arizona. This is a magical place in the desert, where water runs year-round. Cottonwoods and willows grow here because of, and in spite of, the water. 

This painting is up for auction until February 23rd. 

Return to Cave Creek

5" x 7" acrylic painting
comes in a cream-colored 8" x 10" mat

My first posting to the blog since July 16th 2011. This is a view of Cave Creek, as seen last week during my recent visit to family in Arizona. Again and again, I return to this oasis in the desert.

It will be available via auction through February 12th.