It is the journey where truth presents itself . And sometimes it is who we meet on the path that brings the magic.
Tag Archives: Art
Dark to Light
Scale brings light into perspective on the Idaho terrain.
Bear Canyon Trilogy
Disappearing Cougar, Winter Wolf and Ursa Major
Bear Canyon Trio, 2014
medium, pastel
Winter Wolf
Years Ago, when I was still new to Montana and the Yellowstone Eco-system I had the opportunity to hear the wolves howl above us in the mountains while working on a Remote Studio project miles from a paved road. The experience was heartening, beautiful, and musical magic. Reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the wolves have grown into families who expand across the Mountain West. They are a part of the West, this place is their home. They are the wildness that makes place for us and reminds us that we are a part of a larger community that we cannot always control, but simply honor. The wolves, like the bear and mountain lion are the creatures that bring alertness to our experiences in the wilderness. They are critical to the health of the eco-system, and bring magic and mystery to us everyday. This year I hope for peace and greater respect for all those that we do not quite understand, who challenge us, and may bring a bit of humility into our lives. Without them the World would be less beautiful.
“Winter Wolf” is the third piece in the Bear Canyon Series.
Art for the Universe
If you are driving between Island Park, ID and Ennis, MT keep a look out for art. This weekend I was in Jackson Hole to sketch . I made one small pastel on the trip.
The drive into Ennis was blustery and the landscape moody. I rolled down the passenger window to take a picture while driving (shhhh…) and that’s when I lost it. That pastel drawing was sucked right out the window !
A gift back to the landscape, I guess.
All that’s left of it is this one quick photo taken with my phone .
Honor the Universe.
Disappearing Cougar
Number 2 in the Bear Canyon Series.
Today snow comes to Teton Valley, plans change in an instant.
The Quick Practice
Studying Teton Valley.
Sun comes. Clouds. Rain. A bit of snow. More clouds. Sun again, then gone.
Ursa Major
Inspirations seem to arrive in an instant. A different way of seeing the World appears to come overnight. In truth our subconscious works through the transformation until it surfaces in our conscious state of mind.
The Big Bear is always with us, her home is in the wilderness.
This new work, presence of my Sea Change is part of a Trio. The others will be arriving here soon.
Sea Change
drawn from the river
It’s time. Time to consider direction and conception, where we are headed, and how we do what we do.
“Full Fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes,
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change,
into something rich and strange,
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell,
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them, ding-dong, bell.”
Shakespeare, The Tempest
between here and there 