Art and Words

We took a gondola to the top and were right up there with the clouds.  The wind was singing a joyful, happy to be alive, song. 

The northwest is a wild, beautiful and intriguing part of America.  Mt. Baker stands outside of Bellingham, Washington.   It is beautiful at all times, but especially dressed in sunsets.  The soft atmosphere and color was compelling.  

   This small ranch has provided much joy for young folk.  Imagine the fun, swimming in a pond on your own property.  The aspens provide nature's song as the wind blows through their leaves.  Heaven.

   Sketch #5 by Abigail Gutting of www.abigailgutting.com  95.00

  Feeling betwixt and between and trying to decide on what to paint next is an ongoing process.  Never mind that I just completed a fairly large painting and have many more on the back burner.....with ideas turning over and over in my thoughts.   The urgency to get on with it is  still present.  I need to pick one or two out of the many, enabling me to start painting them. Following that, there will be a bit of restful contemplation as I paint.   But the other ideas will still be up there, making there noise,  calling me to release them.  This is the fun and challenge that's artists face, simplifying and putting order in our heads to enable us to create.

 Pt. Lobos Waves

It is very old, this pine.  It could probably tell us stories of all kinds, were it able to talk.  I am drawn to the texture of the bark, like wrinkles on a face.....and the branches reaching up to the heavens.   Unframed.  Shipped FED EX Ground, insured.

It is very old, this pine.  It could probably tell us stories of all kinds, were it able to talk.  I am drawn to the texture of the bark, like wrinkles on a face.....and the branches reaching up to the heavens.   Unframed.  Shipped FED EX Ground, insured.