BACKGOUNDS WITH SALT

Walnut ink with salt sprinkled over it for some backgrounds on the cards. Tomorrow, draw some bugs in the fields. Talking with friends about crickets, Sharon mentions eating fried bugs in Oaxaca. I know someday, insects may be a major food source for humankind but I can wait. They pollinate and fertilize and aerate the soil. They feed the birds. Must WE also devour them?

AUTUMN CRICKETS

There have been crickets in the classrooms and crickets singing out side. Their ears are on their knees, and their songs are on their wings. Some say they bring luck if they choose your house to sing. They are popular fish and bird food. They stand their ground against wasps and 

 such. Little toughies.

 

FINISHED VERSION OF "DAWN"

I have finished this painting, at last after changing, changing.
DAWN, (h) 24" x 36", acrylic on canvas.

DIGITAL ART I

I'm embarking on an adventure into the 21st Century. A class in digital art with an intro to Adobe Illustrator. My first efforts. It is a foreign language!!

TRAVELING SKETCHES

Staten Island is "more like America" said a friend from Brooklyn. This is a sketch of a street on Staten Island.

Riding the Staten Island ferry from Manhattan, grandchildren were playing with balloons.

Then there are the subways in Manhattan.

NY CHINESE SCHOLAR'S GARDEN

snug-harbor.org/...garden/new-york-chine..

On Staten Island in Snug Harbor, there is a Chinese Scholar's Garden constructed by Chinese from materials brought from China. It is located on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Richmond Terrace.This is the view of the garden from the "Moon Viewing Pavilion Terrace of Crispness."

This is a frottage from some of the detail work in the hand rails.

Four boys at the scholar's Garden sitting on the "Moon Viewing Pavilion Terrace of Crispness."

This is a detail of the rail.

TRAVELING SKETCHES

I flew Jet Blue to NY, NY, Aug. 13 - Aug 21, 2014.

Outside the airplane window.

Inside the airplane.