In the Pink with Rothko

In the Pink with Rothko

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

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Rothko's "Pink and White Over Red" warms the heart, continuing to glow like an after image, long after seeing it at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University last week. It's worth a trip to meander through the beautifully designed building gazing at wonderful art without crowds or any hullabaloo. Admission is free. A gift that keeps on giving.

In the meantime, speaking of gifts, Spring has sprung in the garden. Everything is in bloom. Dogwoods, calla lilies, roses, azaleas, camellias, wisteria, blue bells, and my favorite, forget-me-nots. It was a little miracle that just happened to coincide with Easter and the turkeys that strutted their stuff in the Sonoma meadow on Saturday.  The tenacity of Nature is a great tonic at this time of year. The color, the fragrance, the beauty, and audacity of it all. It even rivals Rothko.

San Francisco Storm

San Francisco Storm

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

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I'm already missing the soft gray tones that gathered over San Francisco Bay during last week's parade of storms. An "atmospheric river" they said, and that it was. Now, warmed by the sun and buoyed by watching the dedicated DC Eagle pair hatching their eaglets within view of webcams for all to witness online, a fine mist of hope is in the air. Just in time to end the continuing cycle of bad news. 

The Day The Rain Came Down

The Day the Rain Came Down

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

SOLD

It is still raining. Let it rain. Let it rain. Let it rain.

Wandering Into Pierre Bonnard's World

"Wandering into Pierre Bonnard's World"

Oil on Wood

10"X10"
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It might have been a simpler time, the turn of the Century in which Bonnard came of age.  But his interiors remind me of ours. Yes, that is a dog at the table with the woman in "Reading the Newspaper," my favorite at the "Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia" show at The Legion of Honor.

All these years later we see ourselves reflected in his intimate moments because after all, Life is Life being lived no matter where or when.

Another Day on San Francisco Bay

Another Day on San Francisco Bay

Oil on Canvas

40"X30"

Moody and moist. 

I happened upon Bach's Brandenburg Concerto on the car radio this morning as I was out attending to errands. What a respite from the incessant inane news of the day! Back to Bach, always a remedy for outside world overload. A gentle rain has been falling all day adding to my inclination to hunker down away from it all.