Hinatawada Plum Festival
We boarded the Ome Line out of Haijima and headed for the hills. We'd heard there was a plum festival in Hinatawada and I knew there would be food and fresh airand plenty of new sights to saturate the...
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Champagne, caviar, ice sculptures, eggs Benedict, pate, sushi, Sumi wrestlers and a pink, six foot tall Easter bunny; almost more than my visual palette could absorb and a mix I could never have...
View Articlea few art-o-mat blocks ready to go
What comes to mind? Fanatic, driven, compelled, focused, nuts.....take your pick...I think they're all apt descriptions.
View Article'Looking Closer'
'Behind the Pool House' was posted June 27, 2012. The compositional elements and images in the painting seemed to develop themselves, but like the characters developed in the writing of a play, some...
View ArticleDriving toward euphoria. Some thoughts on the painter addict.
I golf rarely and am horrible actually, but there have been a few times, when taking a swing with my driver, I've heard and felt this lovely 'ping'. The 'sweet spot' it's called and all elements:...
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The beach in Okinawa was sandy and shell strewn and when the sun was out the water clear, brilliant and tropical blue. We lazed about, walked the beaches, ate, snorkeled, did a little scuba diving on...
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Sometimes it's simply the beauty of everyday objects that become the inspiration....beauty in the world at hand.
View ArticleBlog logistics, click once to open
All of the photos on my blog can be clicked for enlargement and clicked again for a real close-up and then clicked on again to reduce. When finished with a post, click on the x in the top right of the...
View ArticleFuroshiki
A traditional Japanese wrapping cloth: furoshiki; a beautiful and artful gift that came my way today. To clarify: I purchased a small gift for a grandson of a friend....just a small something, and...
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