First Cashmere Scarf

Painting has never been enough.

This is more than a two-dimensional world.

Let's wrap ourselves in art.

And allow ourselves to be comfortable with beauty.

Relax and appreciate. . . 

. . . attending to detail.

This is a cashmere scarf, 

knitted from yarn reclaimed from second-hand sweaters,

in a design of my own.

At sixty-three,

a first for me.

The Great Swamp

Who made this place

of wandering water?

Maze of pickerelweed, 

sweet spicebush and skunk cabbage,

where guideposts 

of red maple,

not-quite drowned,

wait for the chisel 

of the architect-engineer

 in his glossy brown

beaver coat.

This is an original watercolor, ink, and acrylic drawing on professional quality paper stock, approximately 4.5" x 4.5".

Pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata,

pickerelweed, lanceleaf, heartleaf, 

steam side shelter to

frogs, snails, turtles, 

and of course pickerel,

suspended in cool shadows

 waiting to taste tiny swimmers.

This is an original watercolor, ink, and acrylic drawing on professional quality paper stock, approximately 4.5" x 4.5".