Happy Isles, Yosemite

Every day for two weeks I crossed a bridge over this river, the Merced, on my way to work.

Head outside to find your nature muse, available at your local bookseller or on Amazon.

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Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete

Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete mix, 12 x 12 inches. All summer I’ve been learning this process, and I’m finding that the thickness or thinness of the plant is part of the mix. This third dimension makes creating beautiful tiles different from making flat 2D prints...I’m on the lookout for thick plants that create shadows. #botanicalart #tile#leaf #natureart #natureprint #concreteart #plasterart #3dart #garlic #mint #trialanderror

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Tow

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Town....first image is of caulking between two clapboards
#marbleheadma #marblehead #mhd #boston #northshoreboston #historicpreservation #colonialhouse #clapboard #latexpaint #colorpalette #modernart #abstractpainting

One more color note, never would have combined the

One more color note, never would have combined these, found at the corner of Pleasant and Washington Streets....
#historicpreservation #historichomes #marblehead #boston#northshoreboston #historiccolors #teal #green #purple #rust #abstract #foundbychance

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations ar

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations are everywhere....
#colorpalette #historichouses #marblehead #oldtownmarblehead #blue #green #yellow #pink #doors #rainyday #clapboard #housepaint #artistlife #boston #northshoreboston

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the fi

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the first ones and just kept going...first apples are in, musicians playing “Sweet Baby James, babies laughing, waiting for sourdough in the AJ King bread line. #marblehead #marbleheadfarmersmarket #wickedlocalmarblehead #farmersmarkets #saturdaymorning #august #sweetbabyjames #peaceofmind

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Penin

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Peninsula. #watercolorpainting #waterbrush #atlanticocean #acadianationalpark #artistsoninstagram #acadia #schoodicpeninsula #mainecoast #Winterharbor

Looking out to sea from Schoodic Point. . . . #ac

Looking out to sea from Schoodic Point.
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#acadianationalpark #acadia #schoodic #almostcanada #atlanticocean #schoodicinstitute #watercolorsketch #watercolorpainting #green #blue #winterharbor #barharbor #maine #artistsoninstagram

The classic! From Schoodic beach road across Frenc

The classic! From Schoodic beach road across Frenchman Bay to Acadia’s Cadillac Mtn.
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#acadianationalpark #artinthepark #watercolorsketchbook #handbook #freshsummerair #schoodicpeninsula #frenchmanbay #maine #summerinmaine #artistlife #hiking

SMITHSONIAN CLASSES ON ZOOM

The Sketchbook Habit: The art of everyday life

Sat. Oct.16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11

10 AM — 1 PM

Gyotaku: the Japanese art of printing fish

…returns January 2022.

Gyotaku II

… returns April 2022.

CURRENTLY SHOWING

Happy Isles Art | Yosemite National Park, California

Yosemite Art and Nature Center

FREE DOWNLOAD: PRINT LEAVES WITH WATERCOLOR

Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete

Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete mix, 12 x 12 inches. All summer I’ve been learning this process, and I’m finding that the thickness or thinness of the plant is part of the mix. This third dimension makes creating beautiful tiles different from making flat 2D prints...I’m on the lookout for thick plants that create shadows. #botanicalart #tile#leaf #natureart #natureprint #concreteart #plasterart #3dart #garlic #mint #trialanderror

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Tow

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Town....first image is of caulking between two clapboards
#marbleheadma #marblehead #mhd #boston #northshoreboston #historicpreservation #colonialhouse #clapboard #latexpaint #colorpalette #modernart #abstractpainting

One more color note, never would have combined the

One more color note, never would have combined these, found at the corner of Pleasant and Washington Streets....
#historicpreservation #historichomes #marblehead #boston#northshoreboston #historiccolors #teal #green #purple #rust #abstract #foundbychance

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations ar

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations are everywhere....
#colorpalette #historichouses #marblehead #oldtownmarblehead #blue #green #yellow #pink #doors #rainyday #clapboard #housepaint #artistlife #boston #northshoreboston

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the fi

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the first ones and just kept going...first apples are in, musicians playing “Sweet Baby James, babies laughing, waiting for sourdough in the AJ King bread line. #marblehead #marbleheadfarmersmarket #wickedlocalmarblehead #farmersmarkets #saturdaymorning #august #sweetbabyjames #peaceofmind

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Penin

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Peninsula. #watercolorpainting #waterbrush #atlanticocean #acadianationalpark #artistsoninstagram #acadia #schoodicpeninsula #mainecoast #Winterharbor