tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44854895699626671972024-03-14T03:09:21.317-07:00Time Spent Making ArtArt - Sketches, Drawings , and PaintingsTime Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-86725649513995452522023-11-22T07:14:00.000-08:002023-11-22T11:13:26.826-08:00THE WORDS KEEP COMING<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWqiOixesfyhCzj5i5RTV-64lN_2LxDBn5z97PJFRxH56ihCIDPe9U9OJF8tm3mtxHx0STl-Q0bf0yo-0dZBmNLXFOLe0g5xbplQdwxg21dA6Cpp4yoJsF9Moz-puK7VEu6XCfxzZDlxywkO5ZH0EM-Ckbax5j5NoqlNMr7wlCoTkk2vyBXIeQCa2bLI/s586/The%20Words%20Keep%20cover_2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWqiOixesfyhCzj5i5RTV-64lN_2LxDBn5z97PJFRxH56ihCIDPe9U9OJF8tm3mtxHx0STl-Q0bf0yo-0dZBmNLXFOLe0g5xbplQdwxg21dA6Cpp4yoJsF9Moz-puK7VEu6XCfxzZDlxywkO5ZH0EM-Ckbax5j5NoqlNMr7wlCoTkk2vyBXIeQCa2bLI/w329-h400/The%20Words%20Keep%20cover_2.jpeg" width="329" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/11767217-the-words-keep-coming">https://www.blurb.com/b/11767217-the-words-keep-coming</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I recently published yet another book of poems and prose in which I included a good number of examples of my paintings, sketches, and drawings. Of course there's my writing to muddle things up, but here too you might find something interesting. I would warn, however, that of late I've tended to write about things that people don't wish to know, or hear about, war, environmental issues, religion, and so on. They're my views born out of frustration at the state of our world, and the fact that everything seems to be going to heck. Anyway, should you not agree take heart you're probably not the first. Just skip the page, and enjoy the next bit of art.</p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-63251925291368858072023-09-21T07:27:00.002-07:002023-10-20T16:05:26.207-07:00FULL CIRCLE<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomas928rSWQpurHGnE21cbu95u3OZqCTZ3iQfKJbj1oUjh_SQc1qvdpeGprLAYI4c_YU_T_BxJ2M-8QLw8kF-hOVs9B1aQ4s90RpN0xBbVjmcByEIfZx5IKkFILuormJE1_8LtdlW7ZTQFhROPB2bgcrQJgirTbcOJXp8nSbIcluB24JKo7AcwVBaLiA/s2055/Whitefish%20Lake%2009%202023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="2055" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomas928rSWQpurHGnE21cbu95u3OZqCTZ3iQfKJbj1oUjh_SQc1qvdpeGprLAYI4c_YU_T_BxJ2M-8QLw8kF-hOVs9B1aQ4s90RpN0xBbVjmcByEIfZx5IKkFILuormJE1_8LtdlW7ZTQFhROPB2bgcrQJgirTbcOJXp8nSbIcluB24JKo7AcwVBaLiA/w640-h432/Whitefish%20Lake%2009%202023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;">I’ve come full circle, or so it seems, as I look down the channel leading out onto Whitefish Lake. Some 25 years, or so ago, although it seems like only yesterday, I sat here, at a picnic table, perhaps the same worn and weathered picnic table that I’m now sitting at, and made some tentative sketches of this scene. My landscape sketches back then were indeed tentative. I began my quest to work at becoming an artist by producing intaglio prints, mainly of wildlife, birds if I’m to be more precise, and seeking some quiet place to avoid being scrutinized by the general public, had come to Algonquin Park in the off season to begin learning to sketch and paint landscape. In a tiny sketchbook, with pencil, and watercolour brush in hand, I made some marks, then some more marks, and now many, many, marks later, I’m back where I started, about to stop making marks and retire to watch others, however ,and before doing so, I decided to make a few more marks on paper, so with pen and pencil in hand I begin making marks, and travel to a place of solitude with Raven to watch my back…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>1966 Sketches.......</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEYNZR8GpOCtWF7Q4za1RdyXSqM-WV6fGfw5gEub5rs9d1oANTKd9qaa3VBaYhgZnMftX_QPwWx_RCAW29wn0H9MZVp5NPRxLhH7KWa_L7HsSrB38Il0w4YkcauOmmvOSuRA2qILmn75kBX6LjKOgv2RPTxQFwJX4nMbO7XW_AT-O05PYPlbZNOsLn6I/s1232/Sketch%20%2316b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1232" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEYNZR8GpOCtWF7Q4za1RdyXSqM-WV6fGfw5gEub5rs9d1oANTKd9qaa3VBaYhgZnMftX_QPwWx_RCAW29wn0H9MZVp5NPRxLhH7KWa_L7HsSrB38Il0w4YkcauOmmvOSuRA2qILmn75kBX6LjKOgv2RPTxQFwJX4nMbO7XW_AT-O05PYPlbZNOsLn6I/w400-h351/Sketch%20%2316b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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As for a comparison between my now and then sketching, it would seem that there's also not much of a change, a bit more confidence in my making marks, and perhaps a bit more knowledgeable about what I'm sketching, but not a lot of change. In looking back, perhaps I needn't have been so tentative in my approach. Too late now, I suppose, to be judgemental.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later that week we also travelled to Tea Lake, one of Tom Thomson's sketching places and made a sketch while enjoying the solitude of the park, a zen moment so to speak, as with fewer people in the park following the Labour Day weekend, and the children back at school, our visit to the park was much more enjoyable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDER1mJHLUpxrlfsJ3o42HUZstiPBvXLoArBDbFpau7PTDkGmTR7Pg3lcuYl6r32sikb-oSa96nYFaF-WtoBwWcJdmTca4U7M336OO8oDXTMJlvzFkvbQ203iEBNyzk70gtXbqVnzKaZmSppqKNyIxuT1PwVkWNTQS-O3GzBe5NhxkJ6QzeDQMu-kyCCM/s2185/TeaLake%2009%202023%20jpeg%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="2185" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDER1mJHLUpxrlfsJ3o42HUZstiPBvXLoArBDbFpau7PTDkGmTR7Pg3lcuYl6r32sikb-oSa96nYFaF-WtoBwWcJdmTca4U7M336OO8oDXTMJlvzFkvbQ203iEBNyzk70gtXbqVnzKaZmSppqKNyIxuT1PwVkWNTQS-O3GzBe5NhxkJ6QzeDQMu-kyCCM/w640-h432/TeaLake%2009%202023%20jpeg%20copy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-49169966737109215742023-09-05T06:03:00.001-07:002023-09-05T06:32:46.241-07:00Canary In The Icefields<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a8xUCOf0fl9o4d5DT8mMQguh_q2VmPqUBtMSU7fuOHWUxFb5t8n7Sprclfh0vfg65aiVyINNAJl6pauHTp9_EK2gfxx8k93e4U-8R66380bAxWZKtefvLW6iuvliR0-KAvB633nbWfcN2L3hQm1j9ZdzHEnRe69ZycH3F1Qn0-3Sl-VmfISyzzeatJw/s1493/Mountain%20Scene%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1493" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a8xUCOf0fl9o4d5DT8mMQguh_q2VmPqUBtMSU7fuOHWUxFb5t8n7Sprclfh0vfg65aiVyINNAJl6pauHTp9_EK2gfxx8k93e4U-8R66380bAxWZKtefvLW6iuvliR0-KAvB633nbWfcN2L3hQm1j9ZdzHEnRe69ZycH3F1Qn0-3Sl-VmfISyzzeatJw/w400-h299/Mountain%20Scene%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Once upon a time we packed our bags and went on a trip to explore Canada’s West. Along the way we stopped to take in the views of the Athabasca Ice-fields, and various lookouts onto glacial fed lakes, one being Peyto Lake fed by the Peyto Glacier…..<p></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-canary-in-the-icefield">https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-canary-in-the-icefield</a></p><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> Pencil Sketch and Drawings of the Columbia Ice Fields</span></div><div><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDz5Ak0QJehoVwCWubj42M2SrGXWfs921BwspbtMlXTUcZNk9deLie3MfJOrBnFqDTvWGS0V2UtQtQf3kOfiLDG0u27cC8fN74zVTOlmxY93GxnE-yWDQyNkcTAkkuwHkwkkbwaq5yu54OjLAgG-xPsbvluf4beyJZ3pBuP-gV7m295Xd1xMnRfMpWmk/s1130/Ice%20Fields%20Pky%233%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1130" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDz5Ak0QJehoVwCWubj42M2SrGXWfs921BwspbtMlXTUcZNk9deLie3MfJOrBnFqDTvWGS0V2UtQtQf3kOfiLDG0u27cC8fN74zVTOlmxY93GxnE-yWDQyNkcTAkkuwHkwkkbwaq5yu54OjLAgG-xPsbvluf4beyJZ3pBuP-gV7m295Xd1xMnRfMpWmk/w400-h354/Ice%20Fields%20Pky%233%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaYtbFM2z7VO9lg2DxvAizjUe6lwp6TQ9CD_Fq4JLqSFEQAUSacVCTDzS2O7pe0tVVZJx2F85CYlKvlt-3irxMB7SApHACdF9tiQIab4TxEJsMA4dA7i-w2rs20gBISZcYPGg312QLzISVBc_u-HA8TTGM7JK2_HjiGIwHrkIZwKvVqurbeE6LRg7vIY/s1124/Ice%20Fields%20Pky%232%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1124" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaYtbFM2z7VO9lg2DxvAizjUe6lwp6TQ9CD_Fq4JLqSFEQAUSacVCTDzS2O7pe0tVVZJx2F85CYlKvlt-3irxMB7SApHACdF9tiQIab4TxEJsMA4dA7i-w2rs20gBISZcYPGg312QLzISVBc_u-HA8TTGM7JK2_HjiGIwHrkIZwKvVqurbeE6LRg7vIY/w400-h396/Ice%20Fields%20Pky%232%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIkLRuizQE_May_Ll0JLKqsP0r-ZTp2Pfl0rap0rad7tgBIac9dPl27sDoKb9ngGnZsmyiBiZ7wKzl7yQEn9712bztT43Jih-5z0LBKMEtHjZdvy96673Qs28qHJ3n8GB-U4pZCiCLoA5Mj4oURwbQtat9ENSud1nF-b5h35e5iMbbKKMyqtwz3dx6WM/s1560/Ice%20Fields%20Pkwy%20%231%20copy%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1560" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIkLRuizQE_May_Ll0JLKqsP0r-ZTp2Pfl0rap0rad7tgBIac9dPl27sDoKb9ngGnZsmyiBiZ7wKzl7yQEn9712bztT43Jih-5z0LBKMEtHjZdvy96673Qs28qHJ3n8GB-U4pZCiCLoA5Mj4oURwbQtat9ENSud1nF-b5h35e5iMbbKKMyqtwz3dx6WM/w400-h253/Ice%20Fields%20Pkwy%20%231%20copy%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px;">Global warming is wreaking havoc on these glaciers. It is predicted that most will disappear during your children's children’s lifetime, forecasting a different future for those dependant upon them for a source of water. From the perspective of someone aged, global warming, it’s simply interesting, but for the younger generation, it should be of concern. Most certainly they will adapt, but to what?</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-84984743517331425522023-09-01T08:42:00.001-07:002023-09-02T03:43:02.997-07:00ALGONQUIN - CHANGE IS INEVITABLE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RYk0EgvJlC5bVFVHpKPr4nJRZQUi5IvofZ-VveHeck9R6H5GPkr_sFJ3a3GMyLpQc-hkoA2cBq9XD8VTKmAPezujkQE_zJMYJ1RbvbThUoH3_Wh01w2tBGDl85A1g3Mf61JWd0KsIp9GqUHK0QQ_6npNdIPOiOFtRY0IyrOuUR_twvbIs_53E4-Hqw0/s1497/Algonquin%20Sketch%202023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1497" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RYk0EgvJlC5bVFVHpKPr4nJRZQUi5IvofZ-VveHeck9R6H5GPkr_sFJ3a3GMyLpQc-hkoA2cBq9XD8VTKmAPezujkQE_zJMYJ1RbvbThUoH3_Wh01w2tBGDl85A1g3Mf61JWd0KsIp9GqUHK0QQ_6npNdIPOiOFtRY0IyrOuUR_twvbIs_53E4-Hqw0/w640-h488/Algonquin%20Sketch%202023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were up to the Blue Spruce Resort at Dwight, Ontario, a few days ago. It's an annual tradition, a week spent meeting with ageing friends spent mostly discussing the benefits of ageing. Just to let you know, there are none, absolutely none. In between we, my wife and I travelled into nearby Algonquin Provincial Park. We once upon a time would canoe and hike the trails gathering sketches and wildlife experiences from here and there. Now, we travel through the park on Hwy 60, stopping at various pull-offs, and picnicking in sheltered areas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's nice, but not the same, nor for that matter is the park. At one time one would encounter deer and moose feeding at the side of the road and there were clear views of the park's lakes. Now, with the forest maturing there's not much to view while driving except trees, which is good I suppose, and it's been years since we've seen deer, or moose feeding at the side of the highway. Things have changed. Used to be one could simply drive into the park, and get a camping site, now reservations and permits, even for day use are required, and they're nolonger cheap. And, the visitation at the park has increased substantially. The world has, it seems, become smaller. Of course, it's only we old folks who are somewhat concerned. The younger generation have no idea, or little idea, of the park's past history nor are they concerned. Many are from other countries, and have different histories to remember. Their only concern is to enjoy a break from the crowded cities to the south, and perhaps see a moose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's change at the Blue Spruce Resort, as well, a changed in ownership. The Hayden Family who called the resort home for 70+ years, have retired from the area, leaving the future of the resort up in the air. It had to happen, of course. With time everything changes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Algonquin Park, however, for the moment remains the same. Taller trees perhaps, but still a place of solitude where one can have a time out from the stress of our shrinking, troubled, world. Still a place where one can savour a few moments grabbing a quick sketch, a memory of time well spent.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJV9Drk84CGsNu5d4KyZAfsm3hrPDnjzEGQaKB1iZTde7vedjwuAYpNzaZLDSAgyik3q5HhWehlyqLgFDehjBQ5adjclXr4k3TaviGfJymvvMLb_5f5WrTlij-XBOXB8MbnIm1mkZi8Nzpee8Zitl3KmU-N6WCh1dzkWLmr09L4-RefmGHB9LqCmiKos/s2250/Lake%20of%20Two%20Rivers%202023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJV9Drk84CGsNu5d4KyZAfsm3hrPDnjzEGQaKB1iZTde7vedjwuAYpNzaZLDSAgyik3q5HhWehlyqLgFDehjBQ5adjclXr4k3TaviGfJymvvMLb_5f5WrTlij-XBOXB8MbnIm1mkZi8Nzpee8Zitl3KmU-N6WCh1dzkWLmr09L4-RefmGHB9LqCmiKos/w424-h640/Lake%20of%20Two%20Rivers%202023.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8P4xnrcChhddf_E48okvEPQfS1un3AvrKGGRf9bB1ApBmERB68KxDv6JRbWvD_RKcp5GHPfz90Ats85Jzb9RKHg2npj8bhFsBRELz2xFVrA4FwZBJRaSWDFpuYJ-_TTSYJ6MtuhrwP4_xdHaEijFAnMZ5-y5ZsZ3ODxvX5TeRZTdL_D5CZLAOfTIfJY/s2941/Tea%20lake%202023%20Orig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2093" data-original-width="2941" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8P4xnrcChhddf_E48okvEPQfS1un3AvrKGGRf9bB1ApBmERB68KxDv6JRbWvD_RKcp5GHPfz90Ats85Jzb9RKHg2npj8bhFsBRELz2xFVrA4FwZBJRaSWDFpuYJ-_TTSYJ6MtuhrwP4_xdHaEijFAnMZ5-y5ZsZ3ODxvX5TeRZTdL_D5CZLAOfTIfJY/w640-h456/Tea%20lake%202023%20Orig.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><i>Just to let everyone know, in the event someone might be interested, I have another blog in which I, from time to time, post some poetry and prose, thoughts about this and that.....</i><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://timespentwriting.blogspot.com">timespentwriting.blogspot.com</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-89505586183497057802023-08-07T04:53:00.003-07:002023-08-07T04:56:06.817-07:00Still Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-Vyw0i3CkGAZWSqBdd1xNSHBdUgQk4jflM2A0c70T_9gJvkhOvCD-RxyMeaisba_B_Zj804itYpEUvAvTsg_owzFZoXLDIvWdq6G0zvLxIkVC17G-w3srMltdrTIVHyrhzfoJAlAB4pFuDtymrQaUvShl7ZDYXvzIptCslNNWu8iY9iwIGwd1S0YO8s/s2813/Old%20Pen%20&%20Ink%20Sketch%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2813" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-Vyw0i3CkGAZWSqBdd1xNSHBdUgQk4jflM2A0c70T_9gJvkhOvCD-RxyMeaisba_B_Zj804itYpEUvAvTsg_owzFZoXLDIvWdq6G0zvLxIkVC17G-w3srMltdrTIVHyrhzfoJAlAB4pFuDtymrQaUvShl7ZDYXvzIptCslNNWu8iY9iwIGwd1S0YO8s/w640-h422/Old%20Pen%20&%20Ink%20Sketch%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> <span style="font-size: large;">Still hear everyone. Nothing new by the way of sketches and drawings. Just wanted you to know that I'm making some progress on putting together two new books, one a collection of landscape sketches and drawings, and the other, stuff that I write in the form of poetry and prose that no one wants to hear, or read, stuff dealing with global warming, and dying and death, with the odd piece related to nature and the nature of things. That I write about dying and death should be expected, as I'm much older than most of you and get up every morning realizing that the horizon is much closer. It's a tough subject, but you know, someone has to write the odd thing about ageing, as there are so many living the experience. It's not nice, of course, the reason that I tell younger persons to live every day and to not put off until you're aged, as unlike wine, ageing doesn't make things better.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Comes The Day</b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It begins at the beginning, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a clock ticking quietly measuring time, until </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with our purpose served it begins to tick loudly </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">letting us know, that time, once our friend, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">now not so friendly.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ageing, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">never seemingly a threat, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">perhaps to others, but</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">never to us when feeling our best.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Comes the day when we finally accept,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">that we’ve aged like others, and are</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">no longer a threat to those who would race </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to find a place at the head of the line, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">leaving us breathless, and so far behind.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We never prepared, thinking that </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we would be spared the aches, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and the pains, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and failing minds.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Faced with reality,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">dreams left behind, we</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">live with denial, and hope for the best,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">life left enjoyable, and not set adrift.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">But, try as we may there comes the day,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">when we have little choice but to finally accept, that </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">life as we knew it is steadily leaving, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and soon we are adrift,relying upon others </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to point us the way to what we’ve been dreading, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">since time started ticking. </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">~~~~~</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I do appreciate the moments, however, the quiet times when one can sit and look around enjoying nature carry on despite humanity's efforts to alter the very essence of nature....</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b> I SIT AND WATCH</b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Drops of water on the Rose of Sharon, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">last night’s summer rain, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">sparkle like diamonds </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">in dawn’s early light.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A breeze stirs the garden’s flowers, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">shaking off the fallen rain, absorbs the moisture, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and stores it on a passing cloud, to share another day, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with flora and fauna, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">many, many, miles away.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Daisy Fleabane going to seed </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">shakes its heads,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and opens its sleeping flowers , </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a greeting to the morning hour.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Like the troubadours of old, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Robin sings his morning song.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buzzards drift lazyily in the morning sky, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">searching for things that may have died. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mourning Doves, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">greet the morning with a coo.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Crows ever vigilant, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">hunger driven. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">watch, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and listen. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I sit, and watch, and listen, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as Nature rails at our revisions, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">struggling to hold together </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">other’s visions.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This world we think as ours,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">torn apart by indecision,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">on the brink of extinction,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">greets our morning with forlorn.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I close my eyes so I can see, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">what I’d would like to see,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and listen.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">~~~~~</p></blockquote></blockquote><p>Well, must go, but before doing so, here's a few sketches and drawings of Georgian Bay..... </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9oY8D1AC4lngoe4opgBHgN2W2bFTPudCzu9uq2tYSqFt-6do5YVbaNZ8LYsEV1jt2zTGda0BhOVq4wzGS_50YGrw5kkZeJC7Bxnfm-Gyy8Y6ow-102dBuIuKFdsqmDlmvwcRwhF6n6pX-A35VUq6NjYa-4690Hn4_g9i0VHm1nJVFrHBYk54mPdIi3Q/s1533/G-%20GeoBayPen&Ink%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-13955844343147643602023-04-23T09:10:00.002-07:002023-04-28T13:31:44.305-07:00TIME OUT<p> I'm taking a time out. I hope to get back to blogging sometime towards the end of summer, or early fall. I'm working on a book of black and white sketches, or in other words no watercolours, just pencil and pen and ink sketches and drawings. Many of the sketches have already been published in other books, but together with some new sketches, I'm attempting to bring a lot of my work together in order to archive more of my time spent making art.</p><p>In the meantime I wish everyone a productive summer sketching. Remember, <b>a sketch, is a sketch, is a sketch</b>. It need not be a masterpiece, simply a sketch, a scribble, a memory to be enjoyed, or employed, to remind you of time well spent.</p><p>Peace and happiness be with all of you.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSksyNvJqASuQzx_iAzvlD2h3iClJQUBHMSHziPA8L1e0OQelKtR5kyKSkXhyfX7OWaOVqw8XeBtxIIhU5lXZ3EVgia92eTnlP4RKrDYtqmPnKOESIi451VmjW0oTziTpfFymfn9wHthMjQf7RTifTVw9UP8vjZJU6kj7dif9RNsN_1F4Q2MIlPWXN/s1634/Beauty%20and%20the%20Beast.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1634" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSksyNvJqASuQzx_iAzvlD2h3iClJQUBHMSHziPA8L1e0OQelKtR5kyKSkXhyfX7OWaOVqw8XeBtxIIhU5lXZ3EVgia92eTnlP4RKrDYtqmPnKOESIi451VmjW0oTziTpfFymfn9wHthMjQf7RTifTVw9UP8vjZJU6kj7dif9RNsN_1F4Q2MIlPWXN/w640-h502/Beauty%20and%20the%20Beast.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Beauty & The Beast. Self Portrait 22"X30" Pencil Drawing</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-53484835741812859972023-04-19T08:13:00.003-07:002023-04-23T08:55:10.854-07:00DRAWING IN PROGRESS....Idea to final stage. "FINISHED".<p>I've done this before. A bit of a reveal. I start with a loose scribble of sort, and then try to find the image hidden within the blank piece of paper. Yes, think I'm crazy if you wish, but it's true, there's and image in the piece of paper that's crying to come out, you just need to encourage it bit, by bit. Don't try all at once. Don't try to hurry it. Have a cup of coffee, go for a walk, even set it aside for a few days, the image is still there waiting for you to coax it out...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Svlgd1PU4mx9cSTlFY7bXR_WtJ80L9UOGLATyArDe8I4ZVQf2RDFGo_IOcEF0YF0T2J_S5Wqig4tg_fl8jPAmtloCp51jTbLvZVv447qnpRF0rZJbayFclPmv52Xn8jab2lfoDU9KRLnxb9eP24vkOb1RcbCEqBlZAFDVaC9SPpoWFUxImxnvczG/s2202/Part%20One.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2202" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Svlgd1PU4mx9cSTlFY7bXR_WtJ80L9UOGLATyArDe8I4ZVQf2RDFGo_IOcEF0YF0T2J_S5Wqig4tg_fl8jPAmtloCp51jTbLvZVv447qnpRF0rZJbayFclPmv52Xn8jab2lfoDU9KRLnxb9eP24vkOb1RcbCEqBlZAFDVaC9SPpoWFUxImxnvczG/w640-h490/Part%20One.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lZtwft_9odWpSAUlODPSo33MtA8e0hWaLNqZl3VLIsesI88cXUP1M4xtBZ62z_xaNoRKccIfW-AqVLIfejvJbnesmiGMKvJAY08q554DLMrs6FMNq9h-0w4Jy_NFUbgGUIPeEEHX2Sihi0hyzAtgDw7wMNR3qliXcAScv2aoDCxpn_aHANgXysaj/s1904/Part%20Two.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1904" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lZtwft_9odWpSAUlODPSo33MtA8e0hWaLNqZl3VLIsesI88cXUP1M4xtBZ62z_xaNoRKccIfW-AqVLIfejvJbnesmiGMKvJAY08q554DLMrs6FMNq9h-0w4Jy_NFUbgGUIPeEEHX2Sihi0hyzAtgDw7wMNR3qliXcAScv2aoDCxpn_aHANgXysaj/w640-h496/Part%20Two.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQeS7iUgOBGrUHEIycj4V9cg8Z9vMjeXAO8tk95pMDMvh0577KK8Ew4krNhqXtIaMyaLXk-HwLZz_HrySjYo-qDwEHOHoVKbWR1X9rbCXZPmRaihe61T49tEkRhcFs4iH4I2YmULTnPcxOi9tSnWNcCl5IzCooDXxSQ-lQNpdeU6PJZH1wBGIIwfH/s2254/Part%20Three.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2254" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQeS7iUgOBGrUHEIycj4V9cg8Z9vMjeXAO8tk95pMDMvh0577KK8Ew4krNhqXtIaMyaLXk-HwLZz_HrySjYo-qDwEHOHoVKbWR1X9rbCXZPmRaihe61T49tEkRhcFs4iH4I2YmULTnPcxOi9tSnWNcCl5IzCooDXxSQ-lQNpdeU6PJZH1wBGIIwfH/w640-h426/Part%20Three.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Yf61zWXkHa-Jl0csqeWVs9NcuLtfkPkxOhAN4LHgu0ebDU_2Qa0fLFSn-zIVQaNVUAEEdLf4KQLp3Ch5vdiiheFXdzboxp64dt1jG4twS5cxlFibUEE_EHwd30NIqkuwYTqP4rHweACPdd49HHwigfcravwSv2_WcCOHsitv5QGW1W391NvOT7A5/s2244/Part%20Four.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2244" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Yf61zWXkHa-Jl0csqeWVs9NcuLtfkPkxOhAN4LHgu0ebDU_2Qa0fLFSn-zIVQaNVUAEEdLf4KQLp3Ch5vdiiheFXdzboxp64dt1jG4twS5cxlFibUEE_EHwd30NIqkuwYTqP4rHweACPdd49HHwigfcravwSv2_WcCOHsitv5QGW1W391NvOT7A5/w640-h422/Part%20Four.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZo3z8JPZP9uhiA7kX4SJjS8JB18ff3uBX4tO8-c3RLIs5VYsZO2-9zqafqkkt0octwhGjlyGBcIVMWAALHwy5TBZxKOWRs4KvGWRbthT6PRReJqZ6fg4M6srgDxrPIzHTljzTcRMijy2qsbh_tY-iw0dFX-ReKWaB3QDd-3K6z6qx5feADbaUP3k/s2082/Landscape%20%235%20jpeg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2082" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZo3z8JPZP9uhiA7kX4SJjS8JB18ff3uBX4tO8-c3RLIs5VYsZO2-9zqafqkkt0octwhGjlyGBcIVMWAALHwy5TBZxKOWRs4KvGWRbthT6PRReJqZ6fg4M6srgDxrPIzHTljzTcRMijy2qsbh_tY-iw0dFX-ReKWaB3QDd-3K6z6qx5feADbaUP3k/w640-h435/Landscape%20%235%20jpeg.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b> Northern Landscape. Final Stage Pencil Drawing. 2023</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br />We'll come back in a few days once I find the time to encourage the reveal....<p></p><p>In the meantime, just to let you know, the ducks are back, and soon the songbirds will arrive, time to do a bit of birdwatching. Pack some sandwiches, and apple, or two....your binoculars of course, and head out to your favourite wetland for a bit of peace and quiet while soaking up a bit of nature.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdmJfJokS9eCc14_vPsq06ISkP_Dn0NcY9dWHzAf8Wch15i3tXYtlPszD2uxWU6xdW_GHE_ZV-E-y-N7zmNZ8MujCOzX6yFJd2gj4O8xb8NJZyO9Z34OPWOI9sMfrgoq5Nw3FTAFf2CJTbd4gFZjuFHOtNJEfsz3CgT1XN0I-JD7GboqbaYg_kGCW/s1392/Caught%20Napping%20edited%20copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1392" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdmJfJokS9eCc14_vPsq06ISkP_Dn0NcY9dWHzAf8Wch15i3tXYtlPszD2uxWU6xdW_GHE_ZV-E-y-N7zmNZ8MujCOzX6yFJd2gj4O8xb8NJZyO9Z34OPWOI9sMfrgoq5Nw3FTAFf2CJTbd4gFZjuFHOtNJEfsz3CgT1XN0I-JD7GboqbaYg_kGCW/w640-h476/Caught%20Napping%20edited%20copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Caught Napping (Mallards). Hand-coloured Etching</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /> </p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-12412101152849245612023-03-31T09:07:00.000-07:002023-03-31T09:07:09.734-07:00THE DUCKS ARE BACK!!<p> March 31st, 2023</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JkuS7sPdXiWy9t-QJNpPynq2o0dEbUWdAGSuOCf_VqMkfBLl0FzzCPsu7Zln39OfJj-MRA5lBl341u0uhOGSfvQZgsK-0jMa2ueyn8NzJ4hCIeKu8gPSS87zsAHgR6vO26sRDhQ0aqTRiTh0y4XEUnfprXFYMkA11omfj8c5l8j22QDDJRdCl-AQ/s1764/W%20-%20Tiny%20Marsh%20%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1764" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JkuS7sPdXiWy9t-QJNpPynq2o0dEbUWdAGSuOCf_VqMkfBLl0FzzCPsu7Zln39OfJj-MRA5lBl341u0uhOGSfvQZgsK-0jMa2ueyn8NzJ4hCIeKu8gPSS87zsAHgR6vO26sRDhQ0aqTRiTh0y4XEUnfprXFYMkA11omfj8c5l8j22QDDJRdCl-AQ/w640-h488/W%20-%20Tiny%20Marsh%20%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>As I write it's snowing. Winter, it would seem is stubbornly hanging on. All the same the ducks and geese are valiantly struggling to get here, and set up housekeeping and begin the process of bringing a new generation into the world.</p><p>Used to be, at about this time of the year I'd rise early, and make the trek out to a near by marsh named Tiny Marsh, not because it was tiny, but due to the fact that it was located in the Township of Tiny. Now, aged, I tend to wait a bit for warmer weather, and rather than hike the marsh I walk slowly to the edge, and scan the marsh with my binoculars looking for signs of life out on the open waters. Not to feel sorry for myself, ageing is normal should you live long enough, and besides I have lots of memories. </p><p>However, my memories are of better times when the ducks on the marsh were far more plentiful. Now, urban development, and costs of maintaining wetlands increasing, wetlands here in southern Ontario, are disappearing, as are the ducks. We're draining wetlands for urban development. Tens of thousands private dwellings are needed to house a burgeoning population. Wildlife habitat is being sacrificed for the almighty dollar.</p><p>Sad, how we've treated nature. I feel certain that one day we'll rue the day that we paved over paradise.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnlQnP2UDvas04OdXggf2_2wFPFgdyeQifs35bb0fzP9wAvRQINStujHPvVu6WGvlhcymSTzWZve-179GGV6ko8juNqHVo24ufbU0ZcAOLE_qTtNOGIM8vvqvaosocyOgV7YwTT5g569BH8nkluDKK3bWTj-K6V3xqt86gghmeILW3qerIpo8H-oC/s1460/Paired%20-%20Mallards%20II%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1131" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnlQnP2UDvas04OdXggf2_2wFPFgdyeQifs35bb0fzP9wAvRQINStujHPvVu6WGvlhcymSTzWZve-179GGV6ko8juNqHVo24ufbU0ZcAOLE_qTtNOGIM8vvqvaosocyOgV7YwTT5g569BH8nkluDKK3bWTj-K6V3xqt86gghmeILW3qerIpo8H-oC/w496-h640/Paired%20-%20Mallards%20II%20copy.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyqud1td4LuX0f6XJ17U6UHVgjGyI_jve9YfWaZ1YoNtIyJ3L9R1U8oGYNQVFiZSHp9v2EUFRLJaJe1NBnuJutAttt9M64aH35-Z_KSIbOrvKEDrIh0oKUJ7N2VXjCSkzt2cOe3W1Xs-y7kdZ4jsBMm8h4cSxLSqA85WxPZKWGg47yN6eEaxurmpM/s1832/Scaup%20-%20Waterfowl%20Series.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 15px;"><b>T</b>here was a time when in winter, and in the early spring, when we’d get in the car and travel to Killarney Provincial Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, or Awenda Provincial Park. We’d strap on our skiis and head out into the bush, explore frozen lakes, and on occasion travel out on the ice of nearby Georgian Bay. Of course, now, we no longer ski, but we still have the memories of the solitude, the sparkle of the sun on the snow and ice, and the sound of the wind as it swept through the trees.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Memories, important as you become aged. So, if I might say, make lots of memories when you’re young, they’re prized when your old, and there’s no escaping it, one day you will become old.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Some days I pass the time leafing through old sketchbooks. Sketchbooks the kind that fit in your pocket are great to bring along when out skiing, or hiking. They don’t take up a lot of room, and together with a brush or pencil and a spit box of watercolours are all that is needed to capture a memory. </p><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgHE74DDyvo9auSck2rs2MpCRHzPnn27eQ9oFCuraBUFwpXUxwmgaIBiWL6GzP8BbYTqTZ171_1tIP0K2UfzOjdwn5t0OmGRjJPKmyfeAzGKdTWJ-xqYXoY_9j3vlrMH-AUaYbCG5Ecc0LdNi3NIh8C6T71OTfM4tuCnnT2hXxGYW1QR9nfYQB1B8/s171/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="171" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgHE74DDyvo9auSck2rs2MpCRHzPnn27eQ9oFCuraBUFwpXUxwmgaIBiWL6GzP8BbYTqTZ171_1tIP0K2UfzOjdwn5t0OmGRjJPKmyfeAzGKdTWJ-xqYXoY_9j3vlrMH-AUaYbCG5Ecc0LdNi3NIh8C6T71OTfM4tuCnnT2hXxGYW1QR9nfYQB1B8/w400-h304/images.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Watercolour Spit Paintbox</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Now, a note about sketching, don't think masterpiece, think memories. A scribble, a wash laid over a quick pencil sketch, all that's necessary to create a memory. And, remember, it's your memory.....all that's important. What someone else thinks about it, none of their business. It's a personal diary of sort, of a day, time well spent, experiencing your life.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GKsifkGR7bMv9p8qtDft8pTqw4DBvfXToQKSDQ0HcWmCWHaxJKU1LQL5HX1nkQB5iG7gyQGKXs-YqJ5b_BpLFHKhYUkSD_znkU1-Ba1REH_6EKuVrTZ9UWSL8HDTPEnk-OONEE_9WgttZh9qLrkHTXatQ6tN4Neu8GnBWKJXzNJKfxAM1-TLFsN0/s1253/Whispering%20WingsDecmber%202014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1253" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GKsifkGR7bMv9p8qtDft8pTqw4DBvfXToQKSDQ0HcWmCWHaxJKU1LQL5HX1nkQB5iG7gyQGKXs-YqJ5b_BpLFHKhYUkSD_znkU1-Ba1REH_6EKuVrTZ9UWSL8HDTPEnk-OONEE_9WgttZh9qLrkHTXatQ6tN4Neu8GnBWKJXzNJKfxAM1-TLFsN0/w640-h448/Whispering%20WingsDecmber%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br />4.25" X 6" pocket sketchbook</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Here's a few of my winter - spring memories...</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jyvgZ9KQeThzawb0Gbjqq8zQCYkWyv7B2D6Epj7T4uz1SVVgApGQluNpYSfBQiQ5ks8LAxG6UN23G5y9RSANqnXxF1Yh67Do1pRRVaWuqm4QpH2IVTyst4Parw932Lq_An_WHqBw4i5gbq2GP0voTV6iyVGRWWCF5TJkJpjZBBFPAF69QrbXm2Nf/s1778/Lake%20of%20Two%20Rivers%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1778" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jyvgZ9KQeThzawb0Gbjqq8zQCYkWyv7B2D6Epj7T4uz1SVVgApGQluNpYSfBQiQ5ks8LAxG6UN23G5y9RSANqnXxF1Yh67Do1pRRVaWuqm4QpH2IVTyst4Parw932Lq_An_WHqBw4i5gbq2GP0voTV6iyVGRWWCF5TJkJpjZBBFPAF69QrbXm2Nf/w640-h454/Lake%20of%20Two%20Rivers%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lake Of Two Rivers, Algonquin - View From The Picnic Area in April</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHl7yS9ogkmYeHYbHeNbfD2DAYmEBOtCYIXVza7dp2HxZFKxsSQqSOYaTI6-xcNlgckBOqVAUxO5JMUrUQ4HJ9LAVDgqIVfv1qpWHK-ALfKsvA0yW-x1JVghR6m2or3bet16rSjsNPxKgCzjARvr9WLdV9nNE90dlC2R_9keId4G411vMBuqb3Z8B1/s1875/Track%20&%20Tower%20Trail%20Spring.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1875" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHl7yS9ogkmYeHYbHeNbfD2DAYmEBOtCYIXVza7dp2HxZFKxsSQqSOYaTI6-xcNlgckBOqVAUxO5JMUrUQ4HJ9LAVDgqIVfv1qpWHK-ALfKsvA0yW-x1JVghR6m2or3bet16rSjsNPxKgCzjARvr9WLdV9nNE90dlC2R_9keId4G411vMBuqb3Z8B1/w640-h432/Track%20&%20Tower%20Trail%20Spring.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">River - Track & Tower Trail - Algonquin Spring</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the early spring with the snow melt this small creek turns into a raging river. I sat on a rock outcropping with my feet in the waters edge attempting to capture the moment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sbw9_f1LF6CniysdwNdue5Mybe3si9wSqorDhjgRXFwgTYApcYM_CLWHE_M-zt2Pa5X2Kv3GSLorg0RbDjV0YgEmvfGooSegeft2DJBKVgVdOA-8Clh4OcglfDp3881dgDEYyYmXhh3nIvdru_ZN-V3qqGH34UZAjqLrE_0B4xzChQfxb7WzFQ_x/s1239/Sketch%20%2334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1239" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sbw9_f1LF6CniysdwNdue5Mybe3si9wSqorDhjgRXFwgTYApcYM_CLWHE_M-zt2Pa5X2Kv3GSLorg0RbDjV0YgEmvfGooSegeft2DJBKVgVdOA-8Clh4OcglfDp3881dgDEYyYmXhh3nIvdru_ZN-V3qqGH34UZAjqLrE_0B4xzChQfxb7WzFQ_x/w640-h540/Sketch%20%2334.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53VphWnk9lmurTxptvJqrOA8TfmueGgPrG9n3Qolw40rWIBCcbDoVFXEoxXt9z-hRaoV0aklcFzqGyecFiLSL-IFmdBmrhBbdx8rOLHnGZUWDeQqhXvvLnlRu9ug3KcwMFPPeoNWW6FBnnS5ZfvJHiafY8OU_GjsHNgOdhm8qphzCy7ZZLFsimj8F/s1244/Sketch%20%2333.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1244" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53VphWnk9lmurTxptvJqrOA8TfmueGgPrG9n3Qolw40rWIBCcbDoVFXEoxXt9z-hRaoV0aklcFzqGyecFiLSL-IFmdBmrhBbdx8rOLHnGZUWDeQqhXvvLnlRu9ug3KcwMFPPeoNWW6FBnnS5ZfvJHiafY8OU_GjsHNgOdhm8qphzCy7ZZLFsimj8F/w640-h560/Sketch%20%2333.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br />A title isn't needed her as the sketchbook notations for this sketch and the one above say it all. fantastic day skiing this trail. Midway there's a log cabin with a blazing woodstove. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfOLBllracgdzZVXNEVRmZdxEK-ZPgrucNOGgutPvS2bt0PRb6cUiNI9o0NzXeTpc39fUnx2I9TKcc1fsvSPhij7SmsnbX9UpDJanSssEzZs7sZZeJA7Lqihy5zTBJPd4BYHQesAF6jr_2X40XPliTyvv77y43PkCnxea9fEM2EyUBOZ8hvTBjF5w/s1530/Tea%20Lake%20in%20Winter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1530" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfOLBllracgdzZVXNEVRmZdxEK-ZPgrucNOGgutPvS2bt0PRb6cUiNI9o0NzXeTpc39fUnx2I9TKcc1fsvSPhij7SmsnbX9UpDJanSssEzZs7sZZeJA7Lqihy5zTBJPd4BYHQesAF6jr_2X40XPliTyvv77y43PkCnxea9fEM2EyUBOZ8hvTBjF5w/w640-h448/Tea%20Lake%20in%20Winter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Spring -- Tea Lake, Algonquin Pk. Watercolour Sketch<br /><br />Love this sketch. Sometimes a small sketch turns out to be more than a sketch. I recall sitting at the side of the road trying to avoid being hit by oncoming traffic, and sketching quickly while my fingers froze. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76YnlzuKYozHT3f5z1q_WiADRsApqqrFgqAORZ713ByFPPSyjKDTG5_RQcCuqwqOY_PTjjg_-EZNLcXJKbYRu1XqpdxRJZZim35zJ38DuJkqwq9szlSO1Rq-iPKNbCL_gypeEXvJlhMuCeSxmsrp6af13vFBfjmXGrpkwGw0gWIZkvpIk-Sl4xL8H/s3035/Giant's%20Tomb%20Winter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="3035" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76YnlzuKYozHT3f5z1q_WiADRsApqqrFgqAORZ713ByFPPSyjKDTG5_RQcCuqwqOY_PTjjg_-EZNLcXJKbYRu1XqpdxRJZZim35zJ38DuJkqwq9szlSO1Rq-iPKNbCL_gypeEXvJlhMuCeSxmsrp6af13vFBfjmXGrpkwGw0gWIZkvpIk-Sl4xL8H/w640-h160/Giant's%20Tomb%20Winter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giant's Tomb - View from Awenda First Beach. Watercolour Sketch<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This sketch was made standing near to the ice that had piled up on the shore. We'd just skied down from the parking lot to the Bay. The weather was cold and overcast, and it began to snow as we arrived at the Bay. I made the sketch with frozen fingers, using a pencil and added watercolour when we returned home.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV7B3bx1mDsLzTx7c7ZGEFQISq2PpmQ5OXgNn0NJPgdoZCV3Ok3TiI17rgF2CNZmsm04YQZE1_pOd_QEYEsSLcLLmwg53B5bfqd58ILdYK35eSheaqR6wpANhQgFZZ2ZyQqnJbW5jtDdNqINcRuszrTfGdCKkR58N8sqVLgLvx1Du23DbHM6EMl6a/s3107/Snowshooer%20Smoke%20Lake%20%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="3107" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV7B3bx1mDsLzTx7c7ZGEFQISq2PpmQ5OXgNn0NJPgdoZCV3Ok3TiI17rgF2CNZmsm04YQZE1_pOd_QEYEsSLcLLmwg53B5bfqd58ILdYK35eSheaqR6wpANhQgFZZ2ZyQqnJbW5jtDdNqINcRuszrTfGdCKkR58N8sqVLgLvx1Du23DbHM6EMl6a/w640-h156/Snowshooer%20Smoke%20Lake%20%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Snowshoer On Smoke Lake, Winter Algonquin Pk. Watercolour Sketch<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">One winter we did a day trip up to Algonquin Pk. We stopped at the Smoke Lake pull off and in looking out I observed a snowshoer out on the lake. No doubt a cottager on his, or her, way to check out the cottage. Pretty daring actually, as the lake is large and it's not always covered with thick ice.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are many more memories. As I come across some of the sketches I'll continue to add some, however for now, enjoy, and if you should get a chance get out and make your own memories.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-69600805622995506532023-03-17T05:28:00.004-07:002023-03-21T05:47:46.888-07:00TREADING WATER: PART THREE<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3QefisHN-VW_itjsX9YD1WC6SGtEgZ5GIar-TXPcYc5gqBRBieHOgl8g-AiEK74V7k7mV-Utl-MwwjNpLehkwDg-MYLkQVxYTkaMGOYMWj5hA4c-YrpHu-t0JNpk3i2y_qLNFY-qtPCsiTlh6cvz1UiHUCDLm7N5Ar5D9D6i4Tn4uVrTh5rHvrMq/s1984/Part%20Three%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1984" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3QefisHN-VW_itjsX9YD1WC6SGtEgZ5GIar-TXPcYc5gqBRBieHOgl8g-AiEK74V7k7mV-Utl-MwwjNpLehkwDg-MYLkQVxYTkaMGOYMWj5hA4c-YrpHu-t0JNpk3i2y_qLNFY-qtPCsiTlh6cvz1UiHUCDLm7N5Ar5D9D6i4Tn4uVrTh5rHvrMq/w640-h462/Part%20Three%20copy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Pic Island - Lake Superior Landscape Pencil Drawing 2023</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> I finished off the drawing using the paper stomp to smudge the sky, together with an eraser to lift some of the smudging and give a bit of shape and body to the clouds. The stomp was used to soften the lines of the shrubbery in the foreground. I added a few grasses here and there, then called it quits. It's important at some stage in a drawing or painting when you begin to get a bit fidgety, and start looking around to add something here and there, that you simply accept that whatever your working on is finished. To carry on just creates confusion, and can go beyond what you were looking to achieve, and end up a mess. With this drawing I didn't expect a masterpiece, it was simply a bit of an exercise for an ageing artist to see if I could remember how to make a sketch, or drawing. It seems that I still have a bit of an ability. Now, to stay alive until spring provides an opportunity to get up to Algonquin to make a few on site sketches.....<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HzvYhDHFlzu5xrxWgBRkSzmEPsBtP9z2iCXGQiClhXjnH-KDwCG3hC8NvggDmbyeKVl37kgY1BCl6m3rFrEJ-cZH704jSc79EFa_SMknI0GvI4iBGg4yveWJFDWVg0iMkwS4kU4tmljweVlp0V7b2-EYbnuqL4SWOwShaSh3BO-_xsslAaeTaOgd/s2983/Pic%20Island.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="2983" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HzvYhDHFlzu5xrxWgBRkSzmEPsBtP9z2iCXGQiClhXjnH-KDwCG3hC8NvggDmbyeKVl37kgY1BCl6m3rFrEJ-cZH704jSc79EFa_SMknI0GvI4iBGg4yveWJFDWVg0iMkwS4kU4tmljweVlp0V7b2-EYbnuqL4SWOwShaSh3BO-_xsslAaeTaOgd/w640-h402/Pic%20Island.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Older Graphic Representation Of Pic Island, Lake Superior. Graphite Drawing</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p></p><p>In between working on this sketch/drawing I read a bit about artificial intelligence, and just how it's going to replace many who work in the arts. Frankly, I don't believe that it will replace the artist, but I do believe that A.I. will become a collaborative tool, much like many of the existing graphic programs have become. Some may see A.I. as a threat. I personally am excited, while at the same time disappointed, as by the time that A.I. is widely used as a studio assistant, I will have had my moment.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQKdmYegwv3xK8R2R7mUaoUARKNdNs6zbCajR0jryQ7qTm9roHkn2ZHnXvAOqufakQlSxeuSTPicugBF4MTkLaVl7mNzIJrAak9klGupWR2ZVFohDmoQLr5ho9XhBm5bHbD2GWnt7yQl436OO5lppWGhLS0BU_5TqC19ZA8yXfllhr55wK_3jhi2q/s2050/S-%20Northern%20Lake%20Kenora.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2050" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQKdmYegwv3xK8R2R7mUaoUARKNdNs6zbCajR0jryQ7qTm9roHkn2ZHnXvAOqufakQlSxeuSTPicugBF4MTkLaVl7mNzIJrAak9klGupWR2ZVFohDmoQLr5ho9XhBm5bHbD2GWnt7yQl436OO5lppWGhLS0BU_5TqC19ZA8yXfllhr55wK_3jhi2q/w640-h438/S-%20Northern%20Lake%20Kenora.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Watercolour Field Sketch Lake Near Kenora Ontario. August 20, 2003</b></div></b><div><br /></div><div>We were on our way to Quetico, or somewhere thereabouts, when we ran into road construction, and were forced to stop while machinery maneuvered about. I looked over at the side of the highway and saw a lake off in the distance, so we pulled over to the side of the road, and I made use of the time stopped to make a small watercolour. I've often wished that we had the time to stop here for awhile to explore the lake. Sometimes, however, we run out of time. Perhaps, next time around, .....or maybe you can go up and explore on my behalf.<br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>The Old Man’s Diary</b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July <span style="font-size: 16px;">2022,</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">summer long awaited,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">now, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">seemingly in a rush</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to join with spring and winter, and</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">drift away </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to time that has passed.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Time,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">timeless, but</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as we age,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">approach our event horizon,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">value diminished,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">like a freight train out of control</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">it speeds into darkness</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with nothing in sight.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Wishes,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">promises,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">threats,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">fall on deaf ears,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as life as we knew it</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">turns on its heels, and</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we are left,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">eyes wide shut,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to enter the darkness</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">alone.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">But,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with moments left to spend,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">comfort takes hold</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">knowing that we’ve done our best,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">enjoyed the trip, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we settle in, and</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">enjoy the ride</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to its very end.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Time,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">always forward,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">never back.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">*****</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-84014435671599666552023-03-11T08:56:00.003-08:002023-03-11T10:33:45.447-08:00TREADING WATER: PART TWO<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDLuFGHgmv9A0gD4Bg-sYlDB1PAmt1l2ER1LQLdFuEbgtVGyKjxsvTG9L6Z78FRu90UBorCnT37rgkTzignJA2_3GuQKRWZN60ha9tBpWDw4BWB9fy_ACgjrAIwri5Q4ZXXp-MHs7qymtnKssa-GYNl_TEa3UUW_gWkaSN8YmyTXISJr7htqx5h-_/s2244/Part%20Two.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2244" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDLuFGHgmv9A0gD4Bg-sYlDB1PAmt1l2ER1LQLdFuEbgtVGyKjxsvTG9L6Z78FRu90UBorCnT37rgkTzignJA2_3GuQKRWZN60ha9tBpWDw4BWB9fy_ACgjrAIwri5Q4ZXXp-MHs7qymtnKssa-GYNl_TEa3UUW_gWkaSN8YmyTXISJr7htqx5h-_/w640-h426/Part%20Two.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Apologies, I said that I'd come back in a day, or two, and you could see the drawing progress. Again, apologies, this thing about growing old, or perhaps, I should say, getting old, is that some days are good, then some days just don't turn out as you would wish. Anyway, here I am. </p><p>There's been a bit of progress. I've spent a bit of time working on the foreground and using the paper stomp created a bit more sky. I feel that I'm getting away from the reality of the scene, but the essence is still there. My memory isn't what it used to be, however, we'll keep working at the drawing over the next few days, so that when you next return it will be finished.</p><p>In the meantime here's a bit more of my other pursuit, my poetry. Should you appreciate some of my writing you may enjoy more by accessing this link, but before you do note that I receive no gratuity for my books. </p><p><a href="https://www.blurb.ca/b/10232219-still-waters">https://www.blurb.ca/b/10232219-still-waters</a></p><p>At my age it's too much of a hassle to chase after a few dollars. Art of all sorts is a hard sell, and the sale of books doesn't amount to much profit, unless for example you're someone like Stephen King. I leave the books with the publisher, Blurb Publishing, to sell them. Should they sell a few then, good for them. They can keep any profit. I'm satisfied to just get my images and thoughts out there. And, incidentally my poetry/prose books can be previewed in their entirety, on line for free, and if you choose, a PDF copy only costs approx. $5.00 U.S.</p><p>Before I forget, here's a bit of a poem....</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Global Warming?</b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It was warm, and then it wasn’t.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It snowed, and then it didn’t.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The snow went away, came back, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">then went away, …..again. Global Warming </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">some were heard to say, but who’s to know </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as records only show a century ,or so, and records </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">don’t reveal times when things, long past, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">went horribly wrong, when volcanos </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with no warning erupted </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">spewing ash high up in the sky, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">causing change that continues to our time. Perhaps, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">so called global warming, will once again </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">be interrupted by a blast of ash from volcanos </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">now dormant, but primed to once again </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">alter time. Still, even if the planet continues </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to issue warnings about global warming, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">there exists the chance that without warning, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">global warming will itself, change the weather back, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and snow and cold will cause some to say, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Global Cooling the reason for today.</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-69899743879060202882023-03-06T09:59:00.006-08:002023-03-11T08:42:52.265-08:00TREADING WATER: PART ONE<p> It's early March where I'm sitting. In the past few days the temperature has risen above 0C, and coupled with the warmth from the sun our snow accumulation has been reduced to not more than a foot out in the bush. The sap is running, and some of the willows have buds. Spring is on the way.</p><p>In the meantime, I'm treading water making thumbnail sketches, and anxiously awaiting an opportunity to get outside, and make a sketch, or two. I'm becoming very long in the tooth, so I'm a bit more than anxious to get out and sketch, as with each passing year the opportunities get less, and less....</p><p>To pass the time, having run out of words to make a poem, or two, I picked up a piece of drawing paper, actually print making paper and have begun to make a bit of a small drawing of Pic Island up in Lake Superior. Here's<b> Part One</b> in the development of the drawing....</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUspEKM3emfrygY1uqYMQ7RZZXCfMLMV1yKkzW4KB1V5tR8gJ1ba39_RRic5nmyPTfSG-eZNqqW5xm5ST0VKhzufW3Qz2OCe7WWhK0xYKUUuOXJdT0wWpH3j7VrUHO6k-PImokQqqih6gC8xyrmL1-Hodc25MFZAK6rEisW09O06JsvHXAD9I6i29D/s2099/Part%20One.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2099" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUspEKM3emfrygY1uqYMQ7RZZXCfMLMV1yKkzW4KB1V5tR8gJ1ba39_RRic5nmyPTfSG-eZNqqW5xm5ST0VKhzufW3Qz2OCe7WWhK0xYKUUuOXJdT0wWpH3j7VrUHO6k-PImokQqqih6gC8xyrmL1-Hodc25MFZAK6rEisW09O06JsvHXAD9I6i29D/w640-h432/Part%20One.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Pic Island- Lake Superior. Pencil drawing on beige paper. 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I begin by roughing out an outline, then with a paper stomp go over some of the lines and with some residue left on the stomp do a bit of work on the sky, and work on the island, while creating a few trees on the mainland. I'm working back and forth, getting lost in an overall design. In time things start to take shape....the thing is, despite the fact that there are moments when I feel that I'm losing it, I continue on. Sometimes there's a lot to learn when things don't work out as you expected. The trick is not to give up, keep on, keep on....<br /><p>Come back tomorrow, or the next day, and I'll try to do a bit more, and have <b>Part Two</b> ready for you to see the development...In the meantime, here's a bit of a springtime poem....</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><b>THE MARSH </b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Winds blow steadily from out of the north, and </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">whips darkening clouds</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">across the once blue ,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">sunlit,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">sky.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The marsh,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">once green and lush,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with waters filled with life, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">is now frozen,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">snow covered, and seemingly,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">devoid,....</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">of all life.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The snow swept shore<br />
is ringed by dead cattails, that clatter,<br />
and chatter,<br />
defying...<br />
the wind.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A coyote,<br />
chased by the wind,<br />
sniffs the air, and<br />
finding nothing there,<br />
seeks shelter in the Dogwoods, and cedars, that<br />
cling to the shore.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dried grasses swirl and sway</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">in the wind, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and create patterns on new fallen snow.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ravens that once circled high in the sky<br />
seek shelter<br />
in nearby pines.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The wind blows relentless with no end in sight, but </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with the night</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">thereʼs quiet, and</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the stars, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">slowly,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">come into sight.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Snow and cold comes, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and stays,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">until,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">one day,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the sun lengthens its stay.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Out on the ice there are patches of water.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The wind,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">once threatening,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">is now beckoning, and </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">geese soon appear.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Life banished by the cold, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">slowly creeps back,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">here,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and there.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Spring, finally, itʼs here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-26996056269018815062023-01-17T11:12:00.002-08:002023-02-22T07:35:32.126-08:00Change Is Often Rewarding<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMic7PbswesVHvfeM-wR7G_SwG0btlF6lNGx8UjyWJvm_-5QbbksG0N48zjwkJwGFpVq6oq-l5Gm1I7GZtoYONg9B03q35NbCxgungbpT1R-KbcEVzpBcDgkavEvFhOV9nPurd52VG8L-CpcgapHuidx59aulFkWNfQPygO6iQQ_VhoCJdzYhXDtk/s1512/B&W%20Contemporary%20Lndscape%20Killarney.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1512" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMic7PbswesVHvfeM-wR7G_SwG0btlF6lNGx8UjyWJvm_-5QbbksG0N48zjwkJwGFpVq6oq-l5Gm1I7GZtoYONg9B03q35NbCxgungbpT1R-KbcEVzpBcDgkavEvFhOV9nPurd52VG8L-CpcgapHuidx59aulFkWNfQPygO6iQQ_VhoCJdzYhXDtk/w640-h542/B&W%20Contemporary%20Lndscape%20Killarney.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Canisbay Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park. Felt Pen on Print Paper</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> The other day I came across some printmaking paper, paper specifically used for making woodblock prints. As I'm, in a manner of speaking, winding down, and in all likelihood will never ever make another woodblock print, I thought to make a quick sketch, experimenting with a permanent black ink felt pen. The reason that I'm mentioning this is to encourage experimenting with various materials. Should you decide to experiment what you will find is that every paper reacts differently, and often times results in a pleasing affects. Sometimes it's a challenge, as was the case here, finding the paper very absorbent, and requiring a change of drawing style to come up with something halfway pleasing. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From time to time break the mould, and challenge yourself. Change is often rewarding.</div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7gt0EWxHroj-SnvPh5zo8Q6fuCSWeC4-ujkONzVKQbmnMA2daROW_ATMvSCJwOWrZ87dvbaDhAQahmpuACsH95zdiobbWlz0gQ4l_fgor3eN1ReFD0Xcm8kJq-JJ7cMtOzwlSaiESry9a-RADm9ZWjX6_p6MVMqEok7FsVEg8L22ByJA4KoGkOO4/s1497/Algonquin%20Sketch%202023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1497" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7gt0EWxHroj-SnvPh5zo8Q6fuCSWeC4-ujkONzVKQbmnMA2daROW_ATMvSCJwOWrZ87dvbaDhAQahmpuACsH95zdiobbWlz0gQ4l_fgor3eN1ReFD0Xcm8kJq-JJ7cMtOzwlSaiESry9a-RADm9ZWjX6_p6MVMqEok7FsVEg8L22ByJA4KoGkOO4/w640-h488/Algonquin%20Sketch%202023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Algonquin Test Sketch Pen & Ink on Print Paper 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Changing papers, and materials often result in surprising and pleasing results.</div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-85998086642081361432023-01-04T06:57:00.005-08:002023-01-04T06:58:42.389-08:002023<p> Well all, it's a new year. This past couple of years, what with the Covid-19 pandemic, the war going on into Ukraine, and global economics in a disarray, it's been a trying time for all. Let's hope for the powers to be to come to their senses and for better times. I could say let's hope for things to return to normal, but, I'm afraid that, the old normal is gone for ever. The pandemic, concern about global warming, and the war, have served to bring change, perhaps even permanent change to the world's order. This aside, I know just the place to allow us to escape the world's insanity. There's this park in Ontario, Canada, up Algoma way, bordering the shores of mighty Lake Superior, called Lake Superior Provincial Park, and one of the stops along the highway is Katherine Cove. To sit on the rocky outcropping along the shore, and listen to the waves will serve to bring peace and quiet to the most troubled soul. My last wish is to have time to visit Katherine Cove.....</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuUdWrJrzsJ9AOdY14y3vJUIyFqoz5_PwgHEn2q162ZlR7a2-e1t6_3RdP2CRXE-c5yB7utUt0gxffV5J42BStNwCEhyJjyR8h1eE6Y3YCva4drUCI7tdeATWYZ_AKbUvM6D4eqDkpX8b_4ZzFuX64pMG66Wga4ze2LUGqN-oQUqQwolldifoXaDd/s1122/Katherine%20Cove%2022%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1122" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuUdWrJrzsJ9AOdY14y3vJUIyFqoz5_PwgHEn2q162ZlR7a2-e1t6_3RdP2CRXE-c5yB7utUt0gxffV5J42BStNwCEhyJjyR8h1eE6Y3YCva4drUCI7tdeATWYZ_AKbUvM6D4eqDkpX8b_4ZzFuX64pMG66Wga4ze2LUGqN-oQUqQwolldifoXaDd/w640-h422/Katherine%20Cove%2022%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Pen & Ink Memory Drawing. Katherine Cove, Lake Superior Provincial Park</blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmQ1-Hj72B4pZ0Gbp-K_RMdCjxFxB_gAyXvW-cFjGJvqS2b26ydYwBrtBefhZSCGeCD5XKCgQxlsF2nE24mEc0CLje6Sp63jLzXsqWOQenw2iUofj4nr_wpZ75b-Bj88HYtpy_bnL0A7QlhItp7lfXHdgPC-hGWFU-PCy3E2GjKYbyju3l2pR2prN/s2114/Katherine%20Cove.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2114" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmQ1-Hj72B4pZ0Gbp-K_RMdCjxFxB_gAyXvW-cFjGJvqS2b26ydYwBrtBefhZSCGeCD5XKCgQxlsF2nE24mEc0CLje6Sp63jLzXsqWOQenw2iUofj4nr_wpZ75b-Bj88HYtpy_bnL0A7QlhItp7lfXHdgPC-hGWFU-PCy3E2GjKYbyju3l2pR2prN/w640-h442/Katherine%20Cove.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katherine Cove, Lake Superior Provincial Park. Watercolour Painting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3cLdxiCpgYrXB2-thIkpNjc11pA2g5aSsT9ifA1UFiLliJDTbbI3y_veMZyDKT5dKin8Jcdic5MzKyUJG3cefGzBIE9L77kY5OGFwJHYruRsKJ6dNbAIt5OlRAbNJdwGDcZikiURDbTaVtdepJTgpvYVwx4quS_Dv8QcWveLFrK-Q6WI9fkVzuhv/s2219/Wkg%20Sketch%20Katherine%20Cove.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2219" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3cLdxiCpgYrXB2-thIkpNjc11pA2g5aSsT9ifA1UFiLliJDTbbI3y_veMZyDKT5dKin8Jcdic5MzKyUJG3cefGzBIE9L77kY5OGFwJHYruRsKJ6dNbAIt5OlRAbNJdwGDcZikiURDbTaVtdepJTgpvYVwx4quS_Dv8QcWveLFrK-Q6WI9fkVzuhv/w640-h488/Wkg%20Sketch%20Katherine%20Cove.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Katherine Cove, Lake Superior Provincial Park. Working Pencil Sketch. 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just to be clear, Katherine Cove is not the only perfect spot to sit and contemplate life, there are many, Old Woman Bay, the Nokomis Trail, Orphan Lake, and so many more. Lake Superior Provincial Park is a must see should you ever visit Canada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtgmJ3isu6qIaNkaZ9LsqJIur0WhARhZRSrVbNw2Y6LfisJGAOXJExHW0WRHSAn1i8_vDG5rMWkO500zICPQo9GDqynHDMU8egC1gVOC0wMZA8fvFU6eIFWQV5FNC14gHhgZBefUfmE8ZgBSSNmWaJ60wCN4LTFslesbNwe0S92McGXaAi0SH31H6/s849/Old%20Woman%20Bay%20wc%20sketch%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="849" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtgmJ3isu6qIaNkaZ9LsqJIur0WhARhZRSrVbNw2Y6LfisJGAOXJExHW0WRHSAn1i8_vDG5rMWkO500zICPQo9GDqynHDMU8egC1gVOC0wMZA8fvFU6eIFWQV5FNC14gHhgZBefUfmE8ZgBSSNmWaJ60wCN4LTFslesbNwe0S92McGXaAi0SH31H6/w640-h490/Old%20Woman%20Bay%20wc%20sketch%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Old Woman Bay from the Nokomis Trail. Watercolour Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRlhDqiqHbASdL4xEX-JGiawttyxDjcFR70S2kT35KWXAT-qkeYkEUCS33FBM-xO7_zxDNUInkR3xXx_G1oEGSisukTrF8lZwlwLcHYXv5Qljuk5FrXFGG832iyiy-8IEn00qzv5RZw5pRyVUvaOOqiH0bzL1u7ey2VNIOPhN1a9Hv95DOzMp5U3O/s1466/Superior%20Provincial%20Park%20II%20pencil%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1466" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRlhDqiqHbASdL4xEX-JGiawttyxDjcFR70S2kT35KWXAT-qkeYkEUCS33FBM-xO7_zxDNUInkR3xXx_G1oEGSisukTrF8lZwlwLcHYXv5Qljuk5FrXFGG832iyiy-8IEn00qzv5RZw5pRyVUvaOOqiH0bzL1u7ey2VNIOPhN1a9Hv95DOzMp5U3O/w640-h458/Superior%20Provincial%20Park%20II%20pencil%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Algoma, Lake Superior Country Pencil Drawing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IJKsQyCn2w6Aqgw__3PMvpJcbfK_ix5wZ_M46oDLFq1LambENnCEcKz35fJV78m_LFNcS7HjgQ38llRl1zInr0-QUOlm8Z0fpWP6WjX2V51-2DCh35UfDq8Oz6mDnkdj-nMfsGYkVtLx8B6qEF3mO1m2jzrwRIgaDK3kRMTaxXRUjVJxEKS5gnMS/s1820/Superior%20Provincial%20Park%20II%20copy%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="1820" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IJKsQyCn2w6Aqgw__3PMvpJcbfK_ix5wZ_M46oDLFq1LambENnCEcKz35fJV78m_LFNcS7HjgQ38llRl1zInr0-QUOlm8Z0fpWP6WjX2V51-2DCh35UfDq8Oz6mDnkdj-nMfsGYkVtLx8B6qEF3mO1m2jzrwRIgaDK3kRMTaxXRUjVJxEKS5gnMS/w640-h426/Superior%20Provincial%20Park%20II%20copy%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Algoma, Lake Superior Country Watercolour Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8pd54UbLJIhxKFrv_Fk18GapBISC0ckdF1rI4PaYB0sZ3V0H89X5h9NpEk7i6JNy4iXWrou38qVSd7l2j4aPOyj3N3ZX9BAhvUi9_4eeqL0dREtQdkNaav9a4Aq69klFszZBoExg5zBMaqA5jNsIXNtW_3uaYzb6KoRTo0oflxF0MYWd3DpYyTib/s1452/Orphan%20Lk%20w:c.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1452" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8pd54UbLJIhxKFrv_Fk18GapBISC0ckdF1rI4PaYB0sZ3V0H89X5h9NpEk7i6JNy4iXWrou38qVSd7l2j4aPOyj3N3ZX9BAhvUi9_4eeqL0dREtQdkNaav9a4Aq69klFszZBoExg5zBMaqA5jNsIXNtW_3uaYzb6KoRTo0oflxF0MYWd3DpYyTib/w640-h450/Orphan%20Lk%20w:c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orphan Lake - Lake Superior Provincial Park. Watercolour Painting</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I could go on, and on, telling you about the incredible vistas, but I'll leave this up to you to find out when you visit Lake Superior country.<div><br /></div><div>Best Wishes everyone for the New Year!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-15488329976919386892022-12-27T09:35:00.007-08:002023-01-10T08:47:33.111-08:00Still Waters - The Book<p> </p><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkE2B96aermcebbkcR3XMjLmLNY3A6xa_1m8LqDaH2fwG9q6UsJc3RGG0GIHz9Fv2zqwt5186Nd0AC9-xhQuhvj09NG47hWylqXlC187jCE0agYmX7mt7irckI5mUvsd-Pb2AlDmvdBcEujSuKtR84QXhF8KXwNfvwHchln3sSQvVriFZX-ns6QQe/s1482/Still%20Wtrs%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkE2B96aermcebbkcR3XMjLmLNY3A6xa_1m8LqDaH2fwG9q6UsJc3RGG0GIHz9Fv2zqwt5186Nd0AC9-xhQuhvj09NG47hWylqXlC187jCE0agYmX7mt7irckI5mUvsd-Pb2AlDmvdBcEujSuKtR84QXhF8KXwNfvwHchln3sSQvVriFZX-ns6QQe/s320/Still%20Wtrs%20II.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pencil Study<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRr7aZtadITEsvbHyiP63sR-KkW9f66mRvX1NRV7l3fT8ehOfhVdinjO_I8rR0Ulsb-1mK4J1efZaStCabZeaCx-OqD8_I_eBr7e_mMJujCvW36bU2FgacP-3k3QyZSs7YlfXjG_Y8bv-Q3f-Y9U5ikbowJKhLhkPpm2tKoNurC06EkD94Bgrb2BF/s1730/Still%20Waters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRr7aZtadITEsvbHyiP63sR-KkW9f66mRvX1NRV7l3fT8ehOfhVdinjO_I8rR0Ulsb-1mK4J1efZaStCabZeaCx-OqD8_I_eBr7e_mMJujCvW36bU2FgacP-3k3QyZSs7YlfXjG_Y8bv-Q3f-Y9U5ikbowJKhLhkPpm2tKoNurC06EkD94Bgrb2BF/s320/Still%20Waters.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still Waters. Etching</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRREBgLsSsDcZhU4TjcXzBcAGmsrEIrtZx5whScZAySWRhWxgZg6QyBVVYx4qHEysFQx0ow6U5SmTef5fCK2M6VLHpMRUXZzO5IQdh6mg7jW0luOp16cBiK_mxYetvsIJK4oIy89CpC17EPc_wIzGCElRQOttWW66yII2MXZBZIPZgxstZrS5jS45m/s1063/Still%20Waters%20(Colored%20Version).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="793" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRREBgLsSsDcZhU4TjcXzBcAGmsrEIrtZx5whScZAySWRhWxgZg6QyBVVYx4qHEysFQx0ow6U5SmTef5fCK2M6VLHpMRUXZzO5IQdh6mg7jW0luOp16cBiK_mxYetvsIJK4oIy89CpC17EPc_wIzGCElRQOttWW66yII2MXZBZIPZgxstZrS5jS45m/s320/Still%20Waters%20(Colored%20Version).jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coloured Etching</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggRg50cZhUYBfSSeB5t_MhwpOfFCZ8B0VWGdxap_EcGQZni7eyNz6ckkluicHInf40X8a7mgX1wNEkL7ikVCOCHZKXrBEHB7NmDX7DEvVAYI_L3tFzXQJx7ifHEQeelgf2GP_zwLm0KYTh_y32aiQrbIMMPCL4-t-UQNg_7siD5rxBJ7uLYb1p2H4/s684/cover_2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggRg50cZhUYBfSSeB5t_MhwpOfFCZ8B0VWGdxap_EcGQZni7eyNz6ckkluicHInf40X8a7mgX1wNEkL7ikVCOCHZKXrBEHB7NmDX7DEvVAYI_L3tFzXQJx7ifHEQeelgf2GP_zwLm0KYTh_y32aiQrbIMMPCL4-t-UQNg_7siD5rxBJ7uLYb1p2H4/s320/cover_2.jpeg" width="217" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blurb.ca/books/10232219-still-waters">https://www.blurb.ca/books/10232219-still-waters</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've done but one drawing in the past couple of weeks. I actually went into retirement, but can't stay away from making the odd memory drawing to keep my hand in the art. The drawing was inspired by a ballpoint pen that I was gifted, and a piece of acid free drawing paper that was sitting on my bookcase. The drawing, of Katherine Cove up Lake Superior Provincial. Pk. way, turned out quite good. I've yet to scan or photograph it, so we'll save it for another posting, and another day. For the moment, I invite those of you that may have wandered into this site, the opportunity to visit my publisher, Blurb.ca, and preview a book that I wrote some time ago that contains some nature experiences, some art, as well as some personal stuff. There's no charge. You can preview the entire book for free if you wish. On the other hand should you wish a PDF copy to peruse at your own speed it's quite inexpensive, I believe only $5.00 U.S., or thereabouts to download. In case you get the impression that I'm trying to boost sales, and make a buck, have no fear, I declined any royalties leaving sales and distribution entirely to my publisher. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It will be new year in a few days, so let me wish everyone all the best for the coming New Year. Let's hope that it's a better year, and that the angst that grips the world regarding wars and global economics softens, and world leaders enjoy a little common sense and bring some peace to the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Best wishes for everyone!</div><br /><p><br /></p><br />Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-19410883664801864882022-11-20T13:56:00.003-08:002022-11-24T08:28:59.655-08:00MOST ART SIMPLY FADES & DISAPPEARS<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RCRvfPTV2j73eobzhDtDqfzxWNiJgBd7dMF70okqNMjqXOQ7i7v45vnM-bEA0eb1ej_MM1lmxGF9evNE7PKBnd_CNG9cnbVfjCF6dme9UDZNzDa0fsnIvMsVqukcp4SJhLXoTN5yWy9V2nqJ-vnJVgP4fwbV0bWLnn3cLzhNyiCnRTLMfgaAZ5yC/s2234/Doodle%20Landscape%20Provoking%20Lake%202022%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2234" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RCRvfPTV2j73eobzhDtDqfzxWNiJgBd7dMF70okqNMjqXOQ7i7v45vnM-bEA0eb1ej_MM1lmxGF9evNE7PKBnd_CNG9cnbVfjCF6dme9UDZNzDa0fsnIvMsVqukcp4SJhLXoTN5yWy9V2nqJ-vnJVgP4fwbV0bWLnn3cLzhNyiCnRTLMfgaAZ5yC/w642-h469/Doodle%20Landscape%20Provoking%20Lake%202022%203.jpeg" width="642" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tea Lake - Algonquin Park. Pencil Study. 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px;">I’ve</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px;">struggled for almost half my life to have my art recognized with the hopes that after I’ve departed, to where I do not know, it might survive, and that through it the message that I tried to convey would stay alive, perhaps not forever, but for a little while. Unfortunately, my wish, realistically speaking, isn’t about to become a reality. As I near my day of reckoning I’ve come to realize that the majority of all art, and the messages contained, disappear. Decorative art that speaks to human history sometimes lives on, but most art simply fades with its makers and owners, leaving future generations to wonder at its mystery. And so, as I prepare, time spent wondering the fate of the many drawings and paintings stored in folders and taking up space in our basement, I realize that its time to let go, and disperse much of it appreciating that the message has already be said.</span><p></p><div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Without a message I personally believe that most art is simply, for wont of other words, trash, worthy of only, one day being treated as trash. Some art evokes memories for the viewer, and some art is political in nature, but little art is worthy of finding its way into national archives, a means to preserving humanity’s history. Somewhere in past postings I’ve mentioned that national art galleries are really not "art" galleries per se, but museums of the humanities.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Where does my art fit into this description of art, probably along with the majority destined for landfill. Am I concerned, saddened, that some would say that my time spent pursuing art was a waste of my time….not at all, as I do feel that somewhere ,out there, someone has taken my message to heart, and is spending their time appreciating our natural heritage, even helping to take steps to try to preserve bits and pieces here and there. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I do believe that my time was well spent.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczZi2wj2_uzpdCvR_Sftouvy-wS-uqXohCXKDF9VUBz3lyfyXoFnjmYfYh-F8mPFxtFxN2rbCFPszIGwBRyvEUyaLmdzVinKnrQS0jiEv1ZpLBKhaBf8z5HZsa11uZjecSWFVC444DtkIdT2lI6zFzLw7j8lQa4SgmhR1sgVfTaA91dDcCthylAsl/s510/Beauty%20&%20Beast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="510" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczZi2wj2_uzpdCvR_Sftouvy-wS-uqXohCXKDF9VUBz3lyfyXoFnjmYfYh-F8mPFxtFxN2rbCFPszIGwBRyvEUyaLmdzVinKnrQS0jiEv1ZpLBKhaBf8z5HZsa11uZjecSWFVC444DtkIdT2lI6zFzLw7j8lQa4SgmhR1sgVfTaA91dDcCthylAsl/w400-h275/Beauty%20&%20Beast.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty & The Beast. Pencil Drawing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyDsKo1jnP_Bhl1ra8Nobw4Moye14Z7MDdQs8wSxqH5fvfHqCayzmFnnrJ2RGyTSpNYQmO_lXIOHNn07ZgRrIEFrIeVqp6ZqwrGPyCwsXs0wtz1CwmAp1BnS_uvgpCsV-B1aJ3iKQ-cfSMPVnvVe65eAYPdcmVS7ZdLKQqkfPOGAD2OPr9wo3SiTT/s567/Canada%20Geese%20%20BH1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="567" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyDsKo1jnP_Bhl1ra8Nobw4Moye14Z7MDdQs8wSxqH5fvfHqCayzmFnnrJ2RGyTSpNYQmO_lXIOHNn07ZgRrIEFrIeVqp6ZqwrGPyCwsXs0wtz1CwmAp1BnS_uvgpCsV-B1aJ3iKQ-cfSMPVnvVe65eAYPdcmVS7ZdLKQqkfPOGAD2OPr9wo3SiTT/w400-h304/Canada%20Geese%20%20BH1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mallards Hand-Coloured Etching</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhjqfT8ErH7QstuXeX9nglKg9PXalHX3zjHGKTkiG7OfSaTfP9rgKoPToB-MtfOb4mSMHUyIV6eayZPZBr5r-RedjLT7LnmZmTvVVNg5Tu3TxpBx91qPvbpMSmyepnf_mpi8GIyqwwN73a1DAu4SiF9gB_0Lt-zZlxXvkXpF-4_xTDTYleTvkvbLn/s546/Canada%20Geese%20Etching%20HC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="546" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhjqfT8ErH7QstuXeX9nglKg9PXalHX3zjHGKTkiG7OfSaTfP9rgKoPToB-MtfOb4mSMHUyIV6eayZPZBr5r-RedjLT7LnmZmTvVVNg5Tu3TxpBx91qPvbpMSmyepnf_mpi8GIyqwwN73a1DAu4SiF9gB_0Lt-zZlxXvkXpF-4_xTDTYleTvkvbLn/w400-h300/Canada%20Geese%20Etching%20HC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada Geese. Hand-Coloured Etching</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnC7dVAaI7v-_8r0Kd2kA3F5fsaG2domUZOPnq3uDi0CwrUC61FebPqDcje4jX_sNsyaHeqAbh1RhUNOFt5zg8CaZaFBWglVIIuU-AEuhpGzILTAKgpK7GByU_PpQA6NyVTbcd5cMdne0pFi32QbPC-aHSphfbQctILT7O5nE8u8Dn9CRIx-aEkkd/s1654/George%20Lake%20Stormy%20Day%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1654" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnC7dVAaI7v-_8r0Kd2kA3F5fsaG2domUZOPnq3uDi0CwrUC61FebPqDcje4jX_sNsyaHeqAbh1RhUNOFt5zg8CaZaFBWglVIIuU-AEuhpGzILTAKgpK7GByU_PpQA6NyVTbcd5cMdne0pFi32QbPC-aHSphfbQctILT7O5nE8u8Dn9CRIx-aEkkd/w640-h492/George%20Lake%20Stormy%20Day%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Lake - Killarney Provincial Park. Pencil Drawing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFSXiabg4YN65kpwxTZgWpIGXe_MLsYUn3_JfmpzooqVUruTFjv_1ugBzJ8iYrhWJtWmmTJiJV_vcyz5iCHSIiBK8jrl_Vzx2Px0phHa5yy0-bFFXDCmqI-_rOoWH46eQ7yyB7sF5ELwj-e4eWjcnuBckBGg7IB0K80FEh87m2sG1SJqXBB0O0Y2i/s2005/Island%20Oxtongue%20Lk%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="2005" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFSXiabg4YN65kpwxTZgWpIGXe_MLsYUn3_JfmpzooqVUruTFjv_1ugBzJ8iYrhWJtWmmTJiJV_vcyz5iCHSIiBK8jrl_Vzx2Px0phHa5yy0-bFFXDCmqI-_rOoWH46eQ7yyB7sF5ELwj-e4eWjcnuBckBGg7IB0K80FEh87m2sG1SJqXBB0O0Y2i/w640-h528/Island%20Oxtongue%20Lk%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island - Oxtongue Lake. Pencil Drawing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-56770322585687896622022-11-04T07:26:00.009-07:002022-11-15T07:50:59.094-08:00ARTISTS ARE NEEDED<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS6MNZ8AMLe-oguHMhsefv_rj8Vdwxi82KlX7jMPV-ZM0pdykpM5RW_4-E2688KY5B9SMKjpbVR4JXrgsNSNI1l1vNLnJ2ErXGW5Ks8F4MuDgmgHwuy9JogiXvia_7FzPTnY46Jczcz98UxQ8RL2WLorT5vvuMdJ4fsTXb969LdLDf8UM_VB_Hbl_/s1395/Doodle%20Landscape%20Killarney%2010%202022%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="1348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS6MNZ8AMLe-oguHMhsefv_rj8Vdwxi82KlX7jMPV-ZM0pdykpM5RW_4-E2688KY5B9SMKjpbVR4JXrgsNSNI1l1vNLnJ2ErXGW5Ks8F4MuDgmgHwuy9JogiXvia_7FzPTnY46Jczcz98UxQ8RL2WLorT5vvuMdJ4fsTXb969LdLDf8UM_VB_Hbl_/w618-h640/Doodle%20Landscape%20Killarney%2010%202022%20copy.jpeg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Frood Lake - Killarney. Pencil Sketch 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;">Some years ago I read an article which, I believe, was written by the then director of the National Art Gallery Of Canada, to the effect that Canadian landscape painting was dead as the Group Of Seven had “said it all”. My response was to the effect that they may have brought international attention to a distinctive manner of painting the Canadian landscape, but their’s could not be the last word as the landscape itself was ever evolving. The Group of Seven painted what was then, not what is now, as it’s ever changing and will forever need artists to record these changes. Algonquin, and Killarney Provincial Parks are recovering from the devastation of extensive logging in the early 1900s. Artists are needed to record the change, and to promote and preserve our natural heritage….</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawty1njqFJ3cMtZJW3RjKSjMPRZStXkpECZW1xs-jvvPESau6Yfyp1szvVxD5aSVxhNHYjeUDk3NI7Qexz31tLIsD0FVPMt9qWcGVph3RHX5odfhSyg6V4IOb7fvixuFVZjKH2EuP7FrEX3UA66TJHX3jOTULh-c0dQIHpJV8mpfsoP2mREnPhIhj/s732/Whitefish%20Island%20Sketch%20(Noreen).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="732" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawty1njqFJ3cMtZJW3RjKSjMPRZStXkpECZW1xs-jvvPESau6Yfyp1szvVxD5aSVxhNHYjeUDk3NI7Qexz31tLIsD0FVPMt9qWcGVph3RHX5odfhSyg6V4IOb7fvixuFVZjKH2EuP7FrEX3UA66TJHX3jOTULh-c0dQIHpJV8mpfsoP2mREnPhIhj/w640-h423/Whitefish%20Island%20Sketch%20(Noreen).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whitefish Island Algonquin Park Watercolour Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span><p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeTdPWVXI-8_yIWjxMn9YDmgSoyyCaODJvufGwCTsYqjbK0N7NISu7amfc1HTMbvhy8wkpEDnL9f6k3rJxrIy4hcOYO6MTldVKDewHSzgIUb3dYRGsb8U6nN8XRcQ05g7uBETIs1ikqFUZGtN9vTbyBNUuQxn2k_TQYX17NLb3KJAbg8BAmDdTuvf/s1518/%20Island%20Oxtongue%20LK%20%20Doodle%202021%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1518" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeTdPWVXI-8_yIWjxMn9YDmgSoyyCaODJvufGwCTsYqjbK0N7NISu7amfc1HTMbvhy8wkpEDnL9f6k3rJxrIy4hcOYO6MTldVKDewHSzgIUb3dYRGsb8U6nN8XRcQ05g7uBETIs1ikqFUZGtN9vTbyBNUuQxn2k_TQYX17NLb3KJAbg8BAmDdTuvf/w640-h494/%20Island%20Oxtongue%20LK%20%20Doodle%202021%20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island Oxtongue Lake. Pencil Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG70KuD3dW8k1WlI9xoFplSE_Rnjo9k9urz-JRQk9D0SrcYhs7uLRKaQXJ89e4rrFwrM28SFl_G-2823lzrgdzW74e1Wy_2jkhR5pQTF35cWzzDSniLZm4ikcSNul4U9c1GcQyLgHNznsuSUM73jUjhPqzbSGG0ZJtGhUHRT-G-INDzKNcgQcUX-2e/s1681/Killarney%20Pine%202021%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1681" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG70KuD3dW8k1WlI9xoFplSE_Rnjo9k9urz-JRQk9D0SrcYhs7uLRKaQXJ89e4rrFwrM28SFl_G-2823lzrgdzW74e1Wy_2jkhR5pQTF35cWzzDSniLZm4ikcSNul4U9c1GcQyLgHNznsuSUM73jUjhPqzbSGG0ZJtGhUHRT-G-INDzKNcgQcUX-2e/w640-h600/Killarney%20Pine%202021%20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQvX5wpQcdAfphfQDt2GPIxkE_n2wmKvJueDZIRsKEABEXy1NNvOI73vjkxYglA_1G4PFr3-WS3v8Rfhwj_8F6iQMmAHm8gKl0jG4ob9cbMChqSPlb4Kx9tqyT_N_hucvD7NhcIeluHI2I7DX5eKZVyy0dcF_Ie7MVJjvbSZMAl6ELw6K8krbyG85/s2647/2021%20small%20sketches%201%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="2647" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQvX5wpQcdAfphfQDt2GPIxkE_n2wmKvJueDZIRsKEABEXy1NNvOI73vjkxYglA_1G4PFr3-WS3v8Rfhwj_8F6iQMmAHm8gKl0jG4ob9cbMChqSPlb4Kx9tqyT_N_hucvD7NhcIeluHI2I7DX5eKZVyy0dcF_Ie7MVJjvbSZMAl6ELw6K8krbyG85/w640-h520/2021%20small%20sketches%201%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypbH8Qp8fRcw6buOcCQUK_6KAntSMqUG6la5VITChE7LneAGZEWghfJQnkdvKX-H3MMQw6zCvcbqkQMQvOf_KwbF8Ro5XLTKITG3PHmWd9KEC6uTRRF922nQ6NmdcsFipa8cQJwvz5yexIVA26jK7jeSSI4sQyJZ5tgAJbU1VJPdDsb_IhlI9FHmM/s987/Doodle%20Landscape%20Provoking%20Lake%202022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypbH8Qp8fRcw6buOcCQUK_6KAntSMqUG6la5VITChE7LneAGZEWghfJQnkdvKX-H3MMQw6zCvcbqkQMQvOf_KwbF8Ro5XLTKITG3PHmWd9KEC6uTRRF922nQ6NmdcsFipa8cQJwvz5yexIVA26jK7jeSSI4sQyJZ5tgAJbU1VJPdDsb_IhlI9FHmM/w490-h640/Doodle%20Landscape%20Provoking%20Lake%202022.jpeg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I was sitting in my studio thinking and doodling on a piece of scrap paper. My doodle turned into a landscape that reminded me of the long climb up the canoe portage from Lake Of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park, and finally arriving at the top looking out onto Provoking Lake. The doodle was set aside and I made a pencil drawing drawing upon memories made long ago....<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWXhC3PaGYWPXqvUduvgmwfR4RAgu2x0DmvTZU5RD7fLiVcpVqtdFzSZGSQzMDI3eQ7HGRzc66ymnX5TtkD3-nX2u7wEtNDk9U6vSjyTGBuyYfEXLWjxFCsnSYO7xfONTt0jmPDvVyFU2cm_jg-zV_5kAwaHT5qRGAXF7l7kl4-F8KfBBCODqHzZU/s1401/Drawing%20%20Provoking%20Lake%202022%202%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1401" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWXhC3PaGYWPXqvUduvgmwfR4RAgu2x0DmvTZU5RD7fLiVcpVqtdFzSZGSQzMDI3eQ7HGRzc66ymnX5TtkD3-nX2u7wEtNDk9U6vSjyTGBuyYfEXLWjxFCsnSYO7xfONTt0jmPDvVyFU2cm_jg-zV_5kAwaHT5qRGAXF7l7kl4-F8KfBBCODqHzZU/w640-h528/Drawing%20%20Provoking%20Lake%202022%202%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Provoking Lake. Algonquin. Pencil Drawing. 2022</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-71740745592706448522022-11-02T12:01:00.004-07:002022-11-02T12:03:25.487-07:00MEMORIES ARE GOLDEN II<p> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px;">Memories of having been there, and experienced the moment are important. Much better than relying upon photographs.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">When A. J. Casson, a member of the Group Of Seven, was aged, unable to clamber about the bush, or climb the hills, he and his wife would drive about the countryside, and enjoy a picnic while he would make loose pencil sketches of scenes to be painted during the long Canadian winters, relying upon memory to fill in the spaces.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLL0dYw1jZN-mtBBKtEAB4550_JtBIudt3G455vAtkQ4OQl5A7cevPmiOYZ7cDnbUpP0E_Yxd-Edy8OmJwOxYroVqADfOcY4pBU_M3c_z1YaESpreIvpQtNNiF_FOJS6SX88wA76AoVvrecMUvCZvLR1W3b7BCbIq_YCj2B_Vs9EC0_70FlEMae1EK/s256/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="256" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLL0dYw1jZN-mtBBKtEAB4550_JtBIudt3G455vAtkQ4OQl5A7cevPmiOYZ7cDnbUpP0E_Yxd-Edy8OmJwOxYroVqADfOcY4pBU_M3c_z1YaESpreIvpQtNNiF_FOJS6SX88wA76AoVvrecMUvCZvLR1W3b7BCbIq_YCj2B_Vs9EC0_70FlEMae1EK/w400-h308/images.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape Sketch. A.J.Casson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>A moment experienced is a memory stored, allowing for one to ponder and consider, often resulting in a painting or drawing years later. </i></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There was this time when we were camping at Rushing Rapids Provincial Park in Northern Ontario. The day had been perfect, and the sunset was unreal. We took to the canoe to get a different perspective, and were treated to a show when a couple of common loons splash landed in the water ahead and put on a bit of a show before disappearing in the lakes deep, dark waters. I stored the memory, and sometime later made some sketches and drawings that I turned into an intaglio (etching) print. I also wrote a poem to go with the print....</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="page" style="text-align: left;" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">STILL WATERS<br />On a northern lake,<br />the twilightʼs quiet is broken by the haunting cry<br />of a Common loon.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Our canoe floats, between sky and water<br />in the twilightʼs reflection.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Paddling silently, we drift, anticipating.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The loon surfaces at our bow, aware,<br />undisturbed.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Its reflection fills the ripples of its forward motion.<br />It dips its head, dives, and disappears </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">in the dark, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">deep, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">still waters.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bXAgPmSD1TnGQWgn6eys9ybenuOlK2f2-i6Z8MtMbPOQZcc9D1M4I3QvbkdIoo5C_pmUwQGRtHWXfL-7o9F8zL78IzVkcRG4mLbHn_k-A_4EP3zO-9vCOENIn7xcMB5IPbSWgcmQXCLs-VSm8vMQQ87a-7TjloaByNrYUqGSrt8wN0UDAhPSsL0M/s1439/Still%20Wtrs%20Study%20I%20copy.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bXAgPmSD1TnGQWgn6eys9ybenuOlK2f2-i6Z8MtMbPOQZcc9D1M4I3QvbkdIoo5C_pmUwQGRtHWXfL-7o9F8zL78IzVkcRG4mLbHn_k-A_4EP3zO-9vCOENIn7xcMB5IPbSWgcmQXCLs-VSm8vMQQ87a-7TjloaByNrYUqGSrt8wN0UDAhPSsL0M/w303-h400/Still%20Wtrs%20Study%20I%20copy.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still Waters. Pencil Study</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxDOCQCbxpTBoNoLpwdOuv7pqXUGPv9LkCdcx1gQe59SGC4KwnBYOWG76Ry0apvoYdML8cba3ttwQttSZCMpRfOnVzYpCBBJmqU7B6KAvfoMv1yNnF3WVxKWzceOfjAWAH1KYr5o_8oUG75RyLLL6S_Ca5yfVuNAjQFBU3z5EFr5qVXjBA-ESREQL/s1063/Still%20Waters%20(Colored%20Version)%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="793" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxDOCQCbxpTBoNoLpwdOuv7pqXUGPv9LkCdcx1gQe59SGC4KwnBYOWG76Ry0apvoYdML8cba3ttwQttSZCMpRfOnVzYpCBBJmqU7B6KAvfoMv1yNnF3WVxKWzceOfjAWAH1KYr5o_8oUG75RyLLL6S_Ca5yfVuNAjQFBU3z5EFr5qVXjBA-ESREQL/w299-h400/Still%20Waters%20(Colored%20Version)%20copy.jpg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still Waters. 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Etching<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-45041845320810907022022-10-31T12:25:00.003-07:002022-11-02T10:30:05.930-07:00MORE DOODLING - MEMORIES ARE GOLDEN<p> Ageing can be frustrating, no more hopping in the canoe, or hiking off into a wilderness, having to rely upon the odd photo, or ones fading memory. There is, however, a plus side, remembering good times, the wind in the willows and the sun on your face as you sit and sketched in some far off place. Memories are like gold, hard to come by, but a treasure to keep.</p><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6uHH_Bg-s_aJCv1_7_byW3DsnR27MfNopGpVjCielYKVPvSJzthyZgFgGviWE_mcS5_dvFbAFjxHOiS5VRDHP96J4VE7z_9cGz9Wh6whCH4cSQUkCAA0tfOGrcG-98PpIBkEyGachdj2Tw-GUZm0_PjzuzuIMK0lDGiKYUS1PrWxnHtSjzIHIk616w/s1792/Island%20Geo%20Bay-%20Killarney%20Col.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1792" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6uHH_Bg-s_aJCv1_7_byW3DsnR27MfNopGpVjCielYKVPvSJzthyZgFgGviWE_mcS5_dvFbAFjxHOiS5VRDHP96J4VE7z_9cGz9Wh6whCH4cSQUkCAA0tfOGrcG-98PpIBkEyGachdj2Tw-GUZm0_PjzuzuIMK0lDGiKYUS1PrWxnHtSjzIHIk616w/w640-h460/Island%20Geo%20Bay-%20Killarney%20Col.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Islands Georgian Bay. Pencil Sketch/Doodle</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPK94ZKbAHCHniUzcWxVzccB4sDDZwQWcEQiO3ftVpfr2HXtodZ_9F0i4PPVt_5xZWR3E3Xwmkay9-4k9rtOs9YhzwKaVaMcJP26aE7YRp7VB32cjbcpjMGXZ43eznCT5F5AohX8QKlW8HRTiYqKs9mH9dM7UZuUhTfXXCye-Nj6y7P_CJte8w4aCmDA/s1832/Doodle%20Landscape%20Killarney%2010%202022%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1832" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPK94ZKbAHCHniUzcWxVzccB4sDDZwQWcEQiO3ftVpfr2HXtodZ_9F0i4PPVt_5xZWR3E3Xwmkay9-4k9rtOs9YhzwKaVaMcJP26aE7YRp7VB32cjbcpjMGXZ43eznCT5F5AohX8QKlW8HRTiYqKs9mH9dM7UZuUhTfXXCye-Nj6y7P_CJte8w4aCmDA/w640-h525/Doodle%20Landscape%20Killarney%2010%202022%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />There are days when ideas are a struggle, so I simply doodle, then doodle some more.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDt_CwkUJF0JAM0smaNB_SVlMR7f0L5OQiUejryaPjZ5YawNQzv3Ady9KguYIpqxnsWO1GgJz7z_XXsIHRb73q7d-d6DLQ5sgyfk61Cz--ZjeGAo1uxfAWq51HPCYlt07LSipcjx9XQG600hB_80HIMds2FIaVY54aEl4il0_WQPLJG4LvgnAbDJwIg/s2194/4%20Doodles%2010%202022%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="2194" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDt_CwkUJF0JAM0smaNB_SVlMR7f0L5OQiUejryaPjZ5YawNQzv3Ady9KguYIpqxnsWO1GgJz7z_XXsIHRb73q7d-d6DLQ5sgyfk61Cz--ZjeGAo1uxfAWq51HPCYlt07LSipcjx9XQG600hB_80HIMds2FIaVY54aEl4il0_WQPLJG4LvgnAbDJwIg/w640-h488/4%20Doodles%2010%202022%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-8723319379477140402022-10-16T08:09:00.001-07:002022-10-16T08:12:32.914-07:00<p> STILL DOODLING</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">A doodle often becomes a more serious doodle, some would call it a sketch, or a drawing. I prefer to keep it a doodle, maybe a sketch, as for me it's simply something to add to the pile, where it may outlive me.... Playing with the previous doodle we expanded things a bit and concentrated on the island and surrounding hills....</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUAbK2XuJcGHDRI8uyU3cDhV26GcN-lUUTpBLgQtipH0gCT_ems4RWOzNLTzUDN-x68oHHx65r6mUz-kgsod-uYHpVez-1H7A0IjxRMjLhWTUKiT5FlLJKShPM_ua26CvJ6q7FIXOpq8M7O_0L7W9ybzguPLiYtMO5uJ2JkkW6owLyPUvwnnrWums/s2002/Scan%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="2002" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUAbK2XuJcGHDRI8uyU3cDhV26GcN-lUUTpBLgQtipH0gCT_ems4RWOzNLTzUDN-x68oHHx65r6mUz-kgsod-uYHpVez-1H7A0IjxRMjLhWTUKiT5FlLJKShPM_ua26CvJ6q7FIXOpq8M7O_0L7W9ybzguPLiYtMO5uJ2JkkW6owLyPUvwnnrWums/w671-h520/Scan%201.jpeg" width="671" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Island - Oxtongue Lake. Graphite/Pencil Doodle/Sketch 10/2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo - Old Man Doodling 2022</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PsUlHTxougN6LA7sp1xWt6-kovaYt-mtqPkHDQ6SWMT83u6a8OoiM_ANCvFE0fjRSJVK5ySs1K4CFPF0ugMMvb2SNNLXPAznqUG5S0jzfiMwnJhbjQeLA288RZ2hsP9HJy4K1ICA_b8zGw7kx0cas-XD5hihcB9jEIEECPvZUdUbn5ji_qoHP8GA/s2016/OLD%20MAN%20SOMERS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PsUlHTxougN6LA7sp1xWt6-kovaYt-mtqPkHDQ6SWMT83u6a8OoiM_ANCvFE0fjRSJVK5ySs1K4CFPF0ugMMvb2SNNLXPAznqUG5S0jzfiMwnJhbjQeLA288RZ2hsP9HJy4K1ICA_b8zGw7kx0cas-XD5hihcB9jEIEECPvZUdUbn5ji_qoHP8GA/w480-h640/OLD%20MAN%20SOMERS.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Used to be a time when cold, cloudy, no matter the weather, I'd be outside making a sketch. I've aged, cold is cold, rain is rain, warmer, drier, sitting by the window and simply thankful to be up north to be able to make a sketch. The years pass so quickly.....</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-80893539712657529222022-10-07T03:40:00.004-07:002022-10-08T09:36:40.869-07:00DOODLES<p> </p><p>DOODLES</p><p>I doodle, or that's what I call it. Doodles often become a more detailed sketch, sometimes the basis for a painting. Important to keep these doodles, as they're part of your history of your process in the making of your art. Actually, I've come late to realizing their importance having filled waste baskets with many doodles. Here's a recent doodle, something that came to mind, an island located in Oxtongue Lake in Muskoka. I'm thinking that I may expand the doodle into a proper sketch, or drawing. Perhaps, even a painting. I'll let you know.....</p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>My doodle was made on an envelope while watching a video on my computer.<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOhb23Da3tuDbauXFifb9KZkpltHWM_1Tbhml1SyXU_-DqLiROf9g492TfrKeKu4zrbN5ne2M3dE8beelFsN6_7Xa8dVgEsvLoVx0jlULvoPHV6ua-dqY0jxD-KsPFle_Ng7sI9iEAvzP8mDKD3Q6wn0030L-_KoATCMmWpBpoBckpWdUcYLlOh44/s2028/Envelope%20Sketch.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="2028" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOhb23Da3tuDbauXFifb9KZkpltHWM_1Tbhml1SyXU_-DqLiROf9g492TfrKeKu4zrbN5ne2M3dE8beelFsN6_7Xa8dVgEsvLoVx0jlULvoPHV6ua-dqY0jxD-KsPFle_Ng7sI9iEAvzP8mDKD3Q6wn0030L-_KoATCMmWpBpoBckpWdUcYLlOh44/w400-h171/Envelope%20Sketch.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p></blockquote><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOhb23Da3tuDbauXFifb9KZkpltHWM_1Tbhml1SyXU_-DqLiROf9g492TfrKeKu4zrbN5ne2M3dE8beelFsN6_7Xa8dVgEsvLoVx0jlULvoPHV6ua-dqY0jxD-KsPFle_Ng7sI9iEAvzP8mDKD3Q6wn0030L-_KoATCMmWpBpoBckpWdUcYLlOh44/s2028/Envelope%20Sketch.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOhb23Da3tuDbauXFifb9KZkpltHWM_1Tbhml1SyXU_-DqLiROf9g492TfrKeKu4zrbN5ne2M3dE8beelFsN6_7Xa8dVgEsvLoVx0jlULvoPHV6ua-dqY0jxD-KsPFle_Ng7sI9iEAvzP8mDKD3Q6wn0030L-_KoATCMmWpBpoBckpWdUcYLlOh44/s2028/Envelope%20Sketch.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid13GJ7rBWn8ATEz_N07XIa6iy47YeUp8_lAin3L-2d4v9r2PeGu1-DckvkKx3zqj03GtNNJzI2vcyzK3bKj5KzfbFcFra-JwjtpxDvRbX2QMm-EQc8tt0O3Kf-J9S6XD7-yuhI06TGhkMMMMXQhUpnsrjf0KCeUsB-uyPMOMMKELXU7Bw3oyBOp7V/s1521/Envelope%20Landscape%20Sketch.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1521" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid13GJ7rBWn8ATEz_N07XIa6iy47YeUp8_lAin3L-2d4v9r2PeGu1-DckvkKx3zqj03GtNNJzI2vcyzK3bKj5KzfbFcFra-JwjtpxDvRbX2QMm-EQc8tt0O3Kf-J9S6XD7-yuhI06TGhkMMMMXQhUpnsrjf0KCeUsB-uyPMOMMKELXU7Bw3oyBOp7V/w640-h270/Envelope%20Landscape%20Sketch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In looking through my files I discovered that I'd actually made a drawing of this area that included the island several years ago (2017). It's am early misty morning scene executed in graphite, or 2B pencil. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyD8MssswTXrBTn8wp6elTTRjgAa5RTIlInvZN4jZvX1eKqbhB2cpPaqR4nb_PWxclGFaQ6qjUTTcjryQbzHfIEvhiVp3xKSkj6Zg8AzEjzsc_Rbm95SiH9TMCx_PzHJjrDBVyJ7qiJOV-LopVIye8F3ouqhvJT06aDSd-k39IvjFY7W3XqMuCMRz/s1588/Oxtongue%20Lk%20Misty%20Morning%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1588" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyD8MssswTXrBTn8wp6elTTRjgAa5RTIlInvZN4jZvX1eKqbhB2cpPaqR4nb_PWxclGFaQ6qjUTTcjryQbzHfIEvhiVp3xKSkj6Zg8AzEjzsc_Rbm95SiH9TMCx_PzHJjrDBVyJ7qiJOV-LopVIye8F3ouqhvJT06aDSd-k39IvjFY7W3XqMuCMRz/w640-h289/Oxtongue%20Lk%20Misty%20Morning%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-44301818208849873822022-09-19T14:38:00.005-07:002022-09-24T13:47:54.493-07:00<p>TEA LAKE - TOM THOMSON</p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;">We’ve been up to Algonquin many times, and although it’s nice to get away it’s difficult to get jump up and down excited….but it was nice to enjoy the quiet, and to chat face to face with (older) people. Not many children in the park at this time of the year. The weather, at the outset of our visit was very nice, but was interrupted by cold and rain on several days. Bird watching was troublesome. On one of the first days we saw only one wood warbler, and very, very few other birds. On the following days we saw even less. Now, we either missed the migration, or it’s indicative of what’s going on everywhere, songbirds/flycatchers are suffering and their numbers are down. Robins, and other familiar birds such as Chickadees, may be thriving as they’ve learned to adjust to our urbanization of natural spaces, but many of the migratory species may be going the way of the Dodo, and Passenger Pigeon. Sad the price that nature has to pay for our uncontrolled expansion(s).</span></p><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We went here and there in the park enjoying picnic lunches. I made a small annual pencil sketch at Canisbay, and another at Tea Lake. Now, I’m sitting there sketching and I’m thinking that the scene looks familiar, and then I realize that it’s probably, maybe, the place where Tom Thomson made his sketch, which has been entitled “Black Spruce in Autumn…..</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzYA_bGVE4iF92hCVexEuu4YMmbCbg2nTYjFKGHj_Kd0CciuJsYGr9L5yd_OggKhdsiIu3e0FWdXGY5ZtFRnpebmnE_kKrmkHd4jFA11yQO1jF4xwkl3B6zA9fY_648PcERk8K-CQ3jzqiuXVLwlUUVYX0HaLkjtt3De9BNesljJ3KnhZIIzFf5hP/s475/Tom-thompson-Black-Spruce-in-Autumn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="475" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzYA_bGVE4iF92hCVexEuu4YMmbCbg2nTYjFKGHj_Kd0CciuJsYGr9L5yd_OggKhdsiIu3e0FWdXGY5ZtFRnpebmnE_kKrmkHd4jFA11yQO1jF4xwkl3B6zA9fY_648PcERk8K-CQ3jzqiuXVLwlUUVYX0HaLkjtt3De9BNesljJ3KnhZIIzFf5hP/w400-h314/Tom-thompson-Black-Spruce-in-Autumn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3KBREnUK1bd9-cvrubtH7-Jbfrb8SAjshjXRpXSPCgePWz-a26_TQ8OrZJ14-9UTxDrtoLK--AJoet64HWeP448wJEKJYM5ltWZAG4nGtxVdxByiFCpsBrVy_P6XuDxmUK9bQoJhHuQ_S9I6lNKxcEScgnbJ0cU747I3Yo4J9XrKRXc2AI9YQ_HB/s1717/Tea%20Lake%20%20ALG.%202022%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1717" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3KBREnUK1bd9-cvrubtH7-Jbfrb8SAjshjXRpXSPCgePWz-a26_TQ8OrZJ14-9UTxDrtoLK--AJoet64HWeP448wJEKJYM5ltWZAG4nGtxVdxByiFCpsBrVy_P6XuDxmUK9bQoJhHuQ_S9I6lNKxcEScgnbJ0cU747I3Yo4J9XrKRXc2AI9YQ_HB/w400-h284/Tea%20Lake%20%20ALG.%202022%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;">Thomson’s oil sketch was made, I believe in 1915, or 1920, so the landscape has changed/matured with time, but it sort of makes sense as it’s only minutes away from Canoe Lake where Thompson spent his few summers in the park, and not too far away from Tea Lake Dam where Thompson was last seen before, days later, being found dead. Anyway, a bit of spice to add to the memory.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;">While sitting watching the rain there was time to think, and scratch a poem voicing, in a manner of speaking, my views of Algonkin, as well as many other once wild places that we are desperately attempting to reconstruct.....</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>AN ILLUSION</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The other day we travelled to a place</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">not too far away</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to the fringe of a,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">sort of,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">wild place,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a place called Algonkin, but</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">wild it can no longer be said, </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as much of what once was wild is </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">now-dead.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Raven left some time ago, leaving what was left</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to legion </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">after legion,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">of noises crows, crows that</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">pillage, rob, and steal, and</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">feast upon what once </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">was real.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sad, perhaps, but</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we’re all to blame as,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">sometime ago we accepted,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">words defective,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">believing it our duty to have dominion </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">over all creatures large and small, forced now to accept</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a reconstruction of our destruction,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">an illusion to fool us al<span style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">l.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We struggle to imagine what used to be,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">terraforming this and that,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">but our efforts…</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">rushed for time,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">fall short of what was fact, </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and so we settle for something less,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">continuing to rob, pillage, and plunder,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and accept what now exists </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as norm.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We satisfy our need for solitude </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with timeless memories ,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a time that existed,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">long before we were born.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">~~~~</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> " Algonquin will always be what we want it to be."</span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;">Tea Lake - Algonquin. Pencil Sketch 2021</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXPxr2u-4upmmYX3tP4VgXmcSq8GFX9Zvux4eDLcqrkQH_yuTjYoNUlCgpxkVIi_rKbJ-hGHEUVIcActj3SOwzbdhYZQ0ipcZHMomQcDBBDMOcTof4ySWXPS4LJnMyfXdtadbobVrYIyp-ct_Nijw2amA-ithBBvdmJLSjudgiorZHOE-gHY0EGC1/s3025/2021%20b%20Tea%20Leke.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="3025" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXPxr2u-4upmmYX3tP4VgXmcSq8GFX9Zvux4eDLcqrkQH_yuTjYoNUlCgpxkVIi_rKbJ-hGHEUVIcActj3SOwzbdhYZQ0ipcZHMomQcDBBDMOcTof4ySWXPS4LJnMyfXdtadbobVrYIyp-ct_Nijw2amA-ithBBvdmJLSjudgiorZHOE-gHY0EGC1/w640-h486/2021%20b%20Tea%20Leke.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Canisbay Lake. ALG 2022 Pencil Sketch</div><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 23px 0px 0px; min-height: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 23px 0px 0px; min-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8jwSKphIps_lO_d0ZzF0S5E0PAvLb6sJUesx9EzE24Fe0RIr5oX8D2vwVEAd6IS7JecLvzFg_6MlPus_d0rQzrm0EQXdziSLNFV94tbxqx2JGoDQ4HVsvk_oeGimu7ZKPitjaP4vii2AXxCtIazsl7AKVu6LyD_diym97VfWUVBDTdrGfL8oyc9P/s1227/Canisbay%20%20Alg%2009%20%202022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8jwSKphIps_lO_d0ZzF0S5E0PAvLb6sJUesx9EzE24Fe0RIr5oX8D2vwVEAd6IS7JecLvzFg_6MlPus_d0rQzrm0EQXdziSLNFV94tbxqx2JGoDQ4HVsvk_oeGimu7ZKPitjaP4vii2AXxCtIazsl7AKVu6LyD_diym97VfWUVBDTdrGfL8oyc9P/w490-h640/Canisbay%20%20Alg%2009%20%202022.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23px; min-height: 20px;"><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Found Lake ALG 2022. Pen and Ink Sketch</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmYJXWBIg4AVN77Fik_zZGajIl9bG6Tghg56b5x0Wjw-QwgSbm0pX_K9t5u6MgGLhe9QGpxew9rZZGPsPk1KVB45eZSr-5WBmZLHABT-MSMnRLGFqGN6hpu_a2FT-ZLIJ_U6YWaOR6E6MfJhcfFAFrxF3CYNq8CjLHrd6YNVMSWLDZAfv-V3S56ty/s1527/Found%20Lake%20ALG%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1527" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmYJXWBIg4AVN77Fik_zZGajIl9bG6Tghg56b5x0Wjw-QwgSbm0pX_K9t5u6MgGLhe9QGpxew9rZZGPsPk1KVB45eZSr-5WBmZLHABT-MSMnRLGFqGN6hpu_a2FT-ZLIJ_U6YWaOR6E6MfJhcfFAFrxF3CYNq8CjLHrd6YNVMSWLDZAfv-V3S56ty/w640-h494/Found%20Lake%20ALG%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-18300989165273550962022-09-03T06:54:00.003-07:002022-09-04T06:17:01.624-07:00<p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hm2rJoGiUsA/YJbsPi8CxqI/AAAAAAAAE2w/GftTFYhr9oY9xyGa1piKEQASHTCn6dVfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1705/Northern%2BLakes%2Bwatercolour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1705" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hm2rJoGiUsA/YJbsPi8CxqI/AAAAAAAAE2w/GftTFYhr9oY9xyGa1piKEQASHTCn6dVfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h418/Northern%2BLakes%2Bwatercolour.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>As one ages, one spends a lot of time thinking about this and that, but mostly about death and dying, as well as questioning our purpose, our reason, for living. As, and this may be shocking for a few, as one ages one has fewer and fewer friends, or persons with whom to converse, so, to avoid being taken for crazy for talking to yourself, one tends to write poetry and prose to Me, Myself, and I, lifelong friends. The following are a couple of things that I've written....</p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: 700;">Dying And Death</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Of dying and death,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Iʼve seen a few persons</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">die.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">A sad ending,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">to something wondrous.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Why do we have to die,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">and die we must,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">but,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">why?</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Is there a purpose for our coming and going,</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">or is it the whim of something unseen?</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Life is a lottery at best,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">a roll of the dice. Makes no matter</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">whether youʼve been naughty,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">or nice. When</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">your time comes,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">you simply go,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">to where no one knows.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Of course you can whimper,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">scream if you must, but</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">thereʼs no one to hear,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">no one to care,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">surrounded by persons</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">who fear that,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">their time is near.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">So hereʼs to dying and death,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">familiar to all. A curse,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">or a blessing,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">a burden from birth.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">Part of a process,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">important it seems,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">to something,</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 15pt;">or someone, </span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: #454545;">........unseen.</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">THE PRICE</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I read about it every day,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the Four Horsemen at play,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">wreaking havoc pain and sorrow, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a price we pay for believing in tomorrow, and </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">praying, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">hoping, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for a better day, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a life purposeful,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">even meaningful, but</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">life with meaning </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">is not possible, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as life,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">seemingly, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">has no meaning.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We invented Gods,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to give life purpose, but </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">rules imposed,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and wars invented,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">make mockery </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">of a life with purpose.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Life has no purpose</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">no meaning, but</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">still we strive to give life purpose</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with generation, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">after generation,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">life prolonged,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">endlessly searching,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for an answer.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">With the answer no where in sight,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we search the darkness of the night </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for answers to our plea, and</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">hope that travel through the void </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">will find an answer,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a meaning, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for life.</p></blockquote><p> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px;">~~~~~~</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BZQuyRz4_wHEP2WtbntYnZPm2FA8Ak0Dr_1FQmJw5PiurOEPSTqvd-m_ckI6KchysxhNd2Ib6eehUUKAE1sJizgw8EU7uZ0FJ7QDE000cuDsEpEDK9ckHYQuRMbURt_zZGEeJ072ghTI0nAlRsfqV2ZVW4oMTo8NWlBJ56T1CVP-NGMqyBPEpi4B/s1301/DSC02975%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1301" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BZQuyRz4_wHEP2WtbntYnZPm2FA8Ak0Dr_1FQmJw5PiurOEPSTqvd-m_ckI6KchysxhNd2Ib6eehUUKAE1sJizgw8EU7uZ0FJ7QDE000cuDsEpEDK9ckHYQuRMbURt_zZGEeJ072ghTI0nAlRsfqV2ZVW4oMTo8NWlBJ56T1CVP-NGMqyBPEpi4B/w640-h490/DSC02975%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Thumbnail Pencil Sketches</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">AS WE BECOME OLDER</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">As we become older, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we tend to search and thrash about, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">wondering, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the meaning, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the purpose, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">of life. We question whether we did our best, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and then pause to take a rest, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and realize that it doesn’t matter, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as life has no purpose that is our own, as </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">we are but a tool, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a means, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for something beyond our being, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">perhaps,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a digital device, programmed </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to search for knowledge, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">to satisfy, what will </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">forever, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">be unknown. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">~~~~~~~~ </p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFM1cVsLkmcrKtFkHyEkUtqYzKo1i83wFGJMsjF0DgiFtghkc8eJI4S5lwL87GKg_PEil2OB_Df3wuns-6S4eRawQ8l6bcDsFG16sT5pm2kOux1_hKbVwzR7Bref2oZMVmfKGRYcxf0bI8Cn0W0l3AYK3cA1AZKVtGlrbBCjz3AnYdiAEYQBazsFC/s1047/Wilderness%2317.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1047" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFM1cVsLkmcrKtFkHyEkUtqYzKo1i83wFGJMsjF0DgiFtghkc8eJI4S5lwL87GKg_PEil2OB_Df3wuns-6S4eRawQ8l6bcDsFG16sT5pm2kOux1_hKbVwzR7Bref2oZMVmfKGRYcxf0bI8Cn0W0l3AYK3cA1AZKVtGlrbBCjz3AnYdiAEYQBazsFC/w640-h496/Wilderness%2317.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Probably not what you expected when you logged on to this blog site. I must tell you, however, the writing is also a part of what I've done over the years. In fact, I've published four books of poetry and ramblings, as well as a dozen art books. Should you have the time check out <b>Blurb Publishing</b> and <b>search my name</b>.</p><p>Should you find what I've written somewhat interesting then, stay tuned as in the coming weeks we'll post a few more of this and that poems and prose. In the meantime, here are a few pencil sketches that I've made over the years.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrIXQe8eY58Dr7kJ3d6zr-g-AvY_chYP16qLpKIgkaw94bwF7Ay9k7g8PjEY6rLk55IruQgSUGjrxhgVu9zyaqVJ1Lz6Mci3ogjM3uA6xsUyt8yknLtA26rI7yKK5PyAZIjz3tQjAq6nFKucPFbeL4RuH2xwSDIIOZudmItLp2vwAVW_5TZ2AKZrW/s2510/DSC02917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="2510" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrIXQe8eY58Dr7kJ3d6zr-g-AvY_chYP16qLpKIgkaw94bwF7Ay9k7g8PjEY6rLk55IruQgSUGjrxhgVu9zyaqVJ1Lz6Mci3ogjM3uA6xsUyt8yknLtA26rI7yKK5PyAZIjz3tQjAq6nFKucPFbeL4RuH2xwSDIIOZudmItLp2vwAVW_5TZ2AKZrW/s320/DSC02917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcN-sigQVm-Y8JzyotpRpXNDCFgyeKeiQoxvOickrZvvdCXqJ7laLb48p0ApNBmdg5o-GqS5OO8maKfzdKglG8P6CoXsSQDO_utS9aTSKsQv7PMQsQZhGcv7u8dqjPnqpQCWvHozhN7CfY62yJEkolmnvB4bjxpBf8bI9TypaPQWrvn2d447hk5fmH/s2550/DSC02920%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2550" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcN-sigQVm-Y8JzyotpRpXNDCFgyeKeiQoxvOickrZvvdCXqJ7laLb48p0ApNBmdg5o-GqS5OO8maKfzdKglG8P6CoXsSQDO_utS9aTSKsQv7PMQsQZhGcv7u8dqjPnqpQCWvHozhN7CfY62yJEkolmnvB4bjxpBf8bI9TypaPQWrvn2d447hk5fmH/s320/DSC02920%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO1WxgZwIlZ1SjZCXc7zyfWjJQCxw4nLfwistG0_8n9OFIDyuhoh8dgtEA7mDHnkNP6WIYziOG_Wuyh4xIigqf6n9u69Cl8ONcX9WirpqOUpMt5xe0BAtxSgHMr57UsndF5Zighq9CsSD22MfpycGHjHvcIsMxNBD42bnuedP5MeIxLMQU7W_rYoq/s2836/DSC02921%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2836" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO1WxgZwIlZ1SjZCXc7zyfWjJQCxw4nLfwistG0_8n9OFIDyuhoh8dgtEA7mDHnkNP6WIYziOG_Wuyh4xIigqf6n9u69Cl8ONcX9WirpqOUpMt5xe0BAtxSgHMr57UsndF5Zighq9CsSD22MfpycGHjHvcIsMxNBD42bnuedP5MeIxLMQU7W_rYoq/s320/DSC02921%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p>
Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-1708675405176224152021-11-01T08:42:00.006-07:002021-11-10T08:08:07.609-08:00Sketching -1 - 2 - 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Ej5ut0uaEo/YYAG_DHSAlI/AAAAAAAAFLg/33S1RsbO8Hc-weA4hGLvls2sdKmlZREGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/DCP_2374%2Bcopy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Ej5ut0uaEo/YYAG_DHSAlI/AAAAAAAAFLg/33S1RsbO8Hc-weA4hGLvls2sdKmlZREGACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DCP_2374%2Bcopy.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> There comes the time when the hills become higher, and the likelihood of your ever climbing to a favourite sketching spot, becomes but a dream. Time then, to pullout the photo album and put it up on the screen to relive a moment and make a quick sketch.....<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pwbEyGw6onA/YYAIVx5pddI/AAAAAAAAFLo/RN_xfqEZbw4PgEtLLoo43qfgJn4sEiR2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2B2021%2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pwbEyGw6onA/YYAIVx5pddI/AAAAAAAAFLo/RN_xfqEZbw4PgEtLLoo43qfgJn4sEiR2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h534/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2B2021%2B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>It's here where creativity, or as some might call it interpretation kicks in. I'm looking at my computer, a screen saver that's going to close in a couple of minutes, so I grab what information that I can and begin to scribble. I don't hope to copy the landscape before me, just a bit of the essence.... and then I lose the image and start to put together a drawing.</p><p>Come back in a couple of days to see what I've managed....</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>~~~ ~~~</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I managed to work on the drawing for a wee bit. It's a long ways from finished, but you'll understand that making a drawing can be as difficult as , or more so, than making a watercolour painting. Drawing, painting, as I've mentioned, is all about personal interpretation. In the case of making a drawing it's all about line and tone attempting to interpret light and shadow.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67F4rYjka8M/YYWA20W8-iI/AAAAAAAAFLw/9800xnxnF1QBgnAKMMoCyHVDjIaZuqXlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2BII%2B2021%2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67F4rYjka8M/YYWA20W8-iI/AAAAAAAAFLw/9800xnxnF1QBgnAKMMoCyHVDjIaZuqXlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h468/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2BII%2B2021%2B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lake Superior Provincial Park II. Graphite Drawing<br /><p><br /></p><p>So, come back again in a couple of days should you get a chance. I'll probably have the drawing finished by then.....</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a struggle, but I've finished the drawing......</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91rP8GidsoM/YYvm5sJhuuI/AAAAAAAAFL4/e_7rzULickQxst6oosgG0Nq7rvwYrn7DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2BIII%2B2021%2B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91rP8GidsoM/YYvm5sJhuuI/AAAAAAAAFL4/e_7rzULickQxst6oosgG0Nq7rvwYrn7DgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h510/%2BLk%2BSuperior%2BPk%2BScene%2BIII%2B2021%2B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">From the Ridge. - Lake Superior Provincial Park. Graphite Drawing. 2021</div><p>One might say it's only a pencil drawing, what's so hard about that? For most, in this day and age it's almost an impossible task as drawing as a discipline is rarely pursued. Most wannabe artists would rather smear paint, and make something that "looks like" this and that. Don't believe me, give it a shot - lets see what you can do.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a couple of watercolour sketches from the same ridge...done while sitting on a comfortable rock....</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GR2Xjr9Bwt4/YYvqR-tXLKI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/ALMb391pzl4GwI3cKjZNZW4_CxlW62_lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2006/Superior%2BLandscape%2BSketch%2B%25231.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2006" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GR2Xjr9Bwt4/YYvqR-tXLKI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/ALMb391pzl4GwI3cKjZNZW4_CxlW62_lQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h448/Superior%2BLandscape%2BSketch%2B%25231.tif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zofRcw_Q7AI/YYvpfJEhwOI/AAAAAAAAFMA/sZ8bHSq4Nk03tuGV5X1typ_oI934L-xjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2004/Superior%2BLandscape%2BSketch%2B%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2004" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zofRcw_Q7AI/YYvpfJEhwOI/AAAAAAAAFMA/sZ8bHSq4Nk03tuGV5X1typ_oI934L-xjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/Superior%2BLandscape%2BSketch%2B%25232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I remember that day well, a perfect day, a cold autumn day in the park. The sketches were done several years ago when I was much younger, somewheres around 75 years of age. I was beginning to become a bit breathless during the climb, and wasn't all the confident on my feet. Glad that we did the hike, however, as now several years later, heading into my 80s, there's no going back. Sketches, much better than photos, bring back memories of time spent, even if the view is from a comfortable rock.<div><br /></div><div>So, here's the thing, I'm suddenly feeling a bit old, and having shared hundreds of drawings, sketches, and paintings, as well as some of our experiences, I'm taking a bit of a breather from posting. I may be back. Who knows, but for the moment let me wish everyone well. I do hope that some of you may have gotten some good out of my ramblings, and will do a bit of exploring and make some sketches. Important if we're to bring to the attention of others that this old planet of ours needs some tender loving care and recognition for the paradise that it is, and is worth saving.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay Safe, and Happy Sketching,</div><div><br /></div><div>ERNEST ANDREW SOMERS</div><div>CANADIAN ARTIST - NATURALIST<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485489569962667197.post-86995037521341004532021-10-10T06:52:00.005-07:002021-10-20T08:14:02.642-07:00DRAWING LESSONS ANYONE?<p> Do you wish to learn how to draw, or perhaps increase your drawing skills, then look no further than the YouTube video of Vincent Van Gogh's art...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Nh4RmRkH8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Nh4RmRkH8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Vincent was, in my opinion one of the better artists that ever existed. That his art was overlooked, again in my opinion, has to do with who you know, and not what you know</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful video.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for the heck of it, not as good as Vincent of course, but the following are examples of landscape drawings from rough sketch to finished drawing....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UkoiDJVUaA/YXAxuAe578I/AAAAAAAAFLA/Xt21PuYex7EB593RI47-jcyJdU0osPbgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1539/030%2BCranberry%2BBog%2Bstudy%2BI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1539" height="442" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UkoiDJVUaA/YXAxuAe578I/AAAAAAAAFLA/Xt21PuYex7EB593RI47-jcyJdU0osPbgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h442/030%2BCranberry%2BBog%2Bstudy%2BI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lp0DFcxIk-s/YXAx9j6aV5I/AAAAAAAAFLE/KUu5omt1KVgaqXvRHiDkZCVikaMRQi3dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1610/048.%2BCranberry%2BBog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1610" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lp0DFcxIk-s/YXAx9j6aV5I/AAAAAAAAFLE/KUu5omt1KVgaqXvRHiDkZCVikaMRQi3dQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/048.%2BCranberry%2BBog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XIQjFGe8oKQ/YW1x5UnabjI/AAAAAAAAFKQ/NS5plw_xjJo_dcnfzilRVnS9znY3Flf1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1981/023%2BGranite%2BRidge%2BSketch%2Bcopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="1981" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XIQjFGe8oKQ/YW1x5UnabjI/AAAAAAAAFKQ/NS5plw_xjJo_dcnfzilRVnS9znY3Flf1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/023%2BGranite%2BRidge%2BSketch%2Bcopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ttHe6nWRkk/YW1x8Rb4MdI/AAAAAAAAFKU/ZN6U9Zlp_WIPUZNoUGD3GRH3uD0tgDmeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1572/024%2BGranite%2BRidge%2Bcopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1572" height="482" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ttHe6nWRkk/YW1x8Rb4MdI/AAAAAAAAFKU/ZN6U9Zlp_WIPUZNoUGD3GRH3uD0tgDmeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h482/024%2BGranite%2BRidge%2Bcopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--QMP46lpsfM/YW1zF9NcOrI/AAAAAAAAFKw/kuBjjrDEYLczxb292ZPqXYHCAzVzqi6iQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/008%2BJackson%2BLk%2Bgraphite%2Bsk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1500" height="516" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--QMP46lpsfM/YW1zF9NcOrI/AAAAAAAAFKw/kuBjjrDEYLczxb292ZPqXYHCAzVzqi6iQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h516/008%2BJackson%2BLk%2Bgraphite%2Bsk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wmx2A5OBEMU/YW1zHNp-XRI/AAAAAAAAFK0/xYzKoP0o-i44UqrzY1xS3no4PE8ZIUS5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1316/009%2BJackson%2BLk%2Bgraphite%2BDr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1316" height="460" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wmx2A5OBEMU/YW1zHNp-XRI/AAAAAAAAFK0/xYzKoP0o-i44UqrzY1xS3no4PE8ZIUS5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h460/009%2BJackson%2BLk%2Bgraphite%2BDr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>These sketches and drawings were included in my Killarney Provincial Park books, which can be found at my publisher's, Blurb.ca, website.....<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.blurb.ca/b/9338316-the-road-less-travelled">https://www.blurb.ca/b/9338316-the-road-less-travelled<br /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><br /></div></div></div>Time Spent Making Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429204649845016760noreply@blogger.com0