On the Road to Sonoma in the Rain

On the Road to Sonoma in the Rain

Oil on Wood

16"X20"

And there is more to come.

Winter Vineyard

Winter Vineyard

Oil on Wood

16"X12"
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Rain began to fall again today. Sonoma vineyards are silently soaking it all in and soon a carpet of bright green will cover the valley. Everyone will breath a sigh of relief. With much of the world in turmoil, no one wants our little piece of it to be off kilter.

After attending to too many details of life, I am glad to be back in the studio creating and recreating the little world around me. It is here that I can make time stand still, as if life will never end and I will go on forever. Speaking of which, I can't wait to get my hands on "The Long and the Short of It - The Science of Life Span and Aging," by Jonathan Silvertown. Not only a great title, but so "captivating and enlightening... you will read it for pure pleasure..." so says the New York Time's  review.

Sonoma in the Rain

Green Light

Oil on Wood

12"X9"

Sonoma is still soaking in the rain that gushed through the valley last weekend. Beautiful to behold.

Welcome Rain

Welcome Rain

Oil on Wood

8"X6"

When it rains it pours. And is it ever a welcome sound and sight. 

Tangerines

Tangerines

Oil on Wood

10"X10"

Why tangerines? Because they were sitting on the kitchen counter looking lovely. Orange, juicy, self contained and full of sweetness. I wrapped them up in too much cellophane to celebrate everything and nothing in particular; Chinese New Year, rain, dinner with old friends, re-reading Nicole Krauss' "The History of Love" and loving it even more than the first time around, feeling good, being right here doing this. Life. What's not to celebrate?

Chips are Down

Chips are Down

Oil on Wood

10"X8"

Super Bowl excitement is building. I love the anticipation, the game, the extreme weather, the fun food, and more than anything, the ads. I even like the pre game hype for the ads which is a new phenomenon that escalates yearly. Advertising is an art form too. Don't miss the beautiful Guinness Olympic ad about the Barnes Twins Biathletes that is making the rounds online today.  Simple, beautifully imagined, and moving. (This may no longer be online by Friday)

Yesterday I read Steven Kurutz's entertaining New York Times article, "Cleaning Up in Their 90s"about 91 year olds, Lee and Morty Kaufman who by chance became pitchmen for Swiffer products. Oh, to be grabbing the limelight together at 90. The mere thought of it set me up for the whole day. 

Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten

Oil on Wood

8"X6"

There were cookies in this glassine wrapper. Now there is nothing but the memory of their sweetness and the exquisite beauty of emptiness. 

This is the third and maybe last in the cookies-wrapped-in-glassine series that includes "Half Full" and "Mundane, Meet Dramatic" posted earlier this month.