2-24-07 In a Flower

This is based on the scribble from 1-05-07 with the same name. I walked around the flower then into it and what you see is my experience of becoming one with the flower's joy and being. The painting was done on Stonehenge 100% cotton paper.

2-07 Resting

This is based on the drawing from 1-22-07, At Rest. It is my first oil pastel and I can see that it will take some time to do satisfactory paintings in this medium. And like the scribbles, only less so, these paintings are stopped just short of being "finished." This is what my preference is for now. I want to scribble, sketch, and paint quickly and with enthusiasm without getting into any detail or representationalism. There are exaggerations in the depiction, symbolic for me regarding dancers.

2-05-07 Flowers in the Wind

Very simple scribble done in a meditative state. It is childlike and I am sometimes in that place when I scribble, sketch or paint. It is a good place to be.

1-22-07 At Rest

I had an opportunity to visit a ballet studio during a rehearsal. Several visual artists were there along with the dancers. This is done quickly and I intend to do a painting based on this one too.

1-17-07 Of a Flower

This is from being, once again, on the inside of a flower. It is one of my favorites and reminds me of the gentle nature of the woman I love dearly. It is delicate, complex and beautiful, like she is.

1-13-07 In the Shadows

Keeping it simple is one of my goals in doing these scribbles. Here I do more of a sketch....just got into it a little bit more without realizing it. I like that the shadows from the rocks are just an outline of shadows rather than a darkened shadow. I would like to try that again.

1-13-07 My Acadia 2

I just added a little color and maintained the air of scribbling in her head. This is another one where I simply played a little and had great fun.

1-13-07 Acadia

This is a very quickly done scribble. This is my beautiful and intelligent girl, Acadia. She is my hearing dog. I played a little bit here in the scribble and again in Photoshop, in the coming image. This was sheer fun.

1-05-07 In a Flower

This is what it is like for me to sit in a flower. I become one with the flower and am totally absorbed by its feel, touch, smell, sight. It is a spiritual awakening of sorts. I like this one quite a bit and am doing an oil pastel painting based on it. I will post the painting later this month. It, too, will be simple and hopefully fresh.

1-13-07 Close to the Sea

Just take a short walk with me by the sea. Don't think, just be in the moment with your senses attuned to what is around you, what envelops you. And then breathe, breathe deeply of Nature's gifts to you.

1-10-07 Rock Garden II

This is another scribble done while viewing Sandy's rock garden. It is one of my favorites,and without a title, it could be seen as many things, such as large rocks along the ocean.

1-06-07 Rock Garden

This is an impression of shape, the shapes presented by these rocks in Sandy's garden. I guess my scribbles and paintings are just that: impressions.

1-06-07 In Sandy's Garden & 1-06-07 Inlet

The inspiration for this one is a photo taken from Sandy's Garden. I am now looking at photos from where I get a place to start my scribbling and painting processes. I don't scribble or paint what is there in actuality. I just look, see, and then take off on my own meditative journey with the pencil, pen, or paint.

1-1-07 Of a Flower

I like what I "can see" in this scribble more than what is actually there. Done on the first day of the new year, a day I did quite a few scribbles and am posting a few here.

1-1-07 Sandy's Garden I

Sitting on the inside and then the outside of a flower in Sandy's beautfiul gardens during June. Recollection.

12-22-06 At the Cove

This is one of the thirty or 40 second scribbles I do. I am fully overcome by the total experience of being there at that moment. My senses are singing, all parts affecting me.

12-22-06 Two Eiders

These two ducks were quite content rding in this cove on a calm and not very cold day. This was done on the first day of winter 2006.

By the Sea

This is one of my favorites....simple scribbles showing the action of air and water. I wish I was there right now.

11-25-06 Kettle Cove

Same day....different view. I do not sketch what is in front of my eyes, what my eyes actually see. I use the sighting as a point of departure, adding and subtracting, creating what is not there, what might be there; tossing about these unseen aspects of my vision. And there is much more than vision involved in scribbling or any art making. All my senses vibrate with life and my feelings fly high and low, a normal day for me.

11-25-06 By the Cove

As the days of November pass us by I cannot help but be grateful for the good weather we have been having. I take Acadia, my hearing dog, and we go out to do some exploring.

We went to "By the Cove" again this day and were free with our scribbles. While not play, they are a way to open up one's creative chamber which holds grace, knowledge, excitement, anticipation, visualization, feelings, experiences, and one's own voice. There is alot more there too.

11-30-06 Harbor

A few days later I did this scribble while waiting for an appointment. I got there early just so I would have the time for it. I did get a little carried away and went past two minutes to about twenty minutes with it. Great afternoon.

11-25-06 By The Sea

Just a quiet day by the sea.

11-23-06 End of the Path

This is one of my quickest of scribbles. I did this without looking at the paper, not watching where the pencil was moving or drawing. I get into a meditative and spiritual place when I do these, aware only of being within my senses and not doing or thinking anything.... just being.

11-16-06 Getting Ready

Again, an afternoon appointment with a few minutes to spare. I just love being by water: ocean, stream, river, lake, even puddles!

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11-15-06 By the River 2

My last minute by the river that day. Reminds me of a place close to where I lived as a child.

11-15-06 By the River

Whenever I drive to appointments I try to leave a few minutes early so I can stop and do a scribble. Some days, like this one, I have those few minutes.

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(linda blazonis)