114 / hope etc

A couple of my black & white paintings from the 1990's;

Above was based on a Sanskrit poem, which begins

'Hope is a river'    (can't find the poem)

I'd say the message is, essentially  'give up hope, & despair'..

This was a complicated design about good & bad, 

gods & demons, & perceived differences, generally.

Was choosing images to put on my new iPad mini, today.

Because of the recent Earth Day, I found these two.

Happy to read this on the Guardian

113 / light

Paintings are not ready to be photographed..

click on these, you may see the coloured lights,

above in surf spray

& on the prayer wheel I brought back from Nepal,

I guess the camera focuses on the dots of light. 

marvellous paintings: Khadim Ali

112 / visitor

A kookaburra visited one morning this week,

I always enjoy to see & hear them. They have incredible hearing,

& will watch & listen for minutes,

then swoop on a worm or small snake thats under the surface.

a big painting in San Francisco

& other interesting posts from the Asian Art Museum 

111 / stones

The large stones on this beach make a wonderful sound

as the waves recede down a low slope, 

the stones clatter ~ multi dimensional music

Australia has so many beautiful beaches 

with white sand, I suppose its a bit perverse to prefer this one

except there is always something different to see,

like this small green pool & embedded rocks;

probably all from a very large volcano, way back - the plug 

is Mt Warning, near Murwillumbah. 

not sure if I'll see this in May, but its worth a look now

110 / beach

At my favourite beach, this week

tide coming in

Boulder beach

109 / morning

on my morning walk, near the beach, Corellas.

There were large flocks out west when I was a kid,

perhaps they are here for a break from the drought.

wonderful bark

a large tree, don't know what kind

an 80 ton birds nest

108 / impermanence

After a long time stored in less than ideal conditions, these pictures

were returned to me. The sketch above was a trial on draughtsman's linen,

I think it was after a visit to the marvellous Borobudur

It's a bit of a shock to see how badly some paper has foxed.

Even worse, the framers who glued the paper 

or card to a backing board, with rubber solution..

Then there's the history of all the moves, with or

without glass; as they were all painted in gouache,

I suppose its amazing that anything survived

sobering..

another version of 

nothing lasts

.....

107 / glass

This morning, two pieces of glass I made at a 

fun weekend workshop maybe 30 years ago 

were sitting with the sun shining through,

while I was cleaning my old Canon camera, 

it was a good opportunity to compare the different results.

The glass is rather clunky, but I love the shadows.

The small Nikon, which I've been using a lot, is at top,

the single glass is from the heavier Canon.

Its better, but also hard for me to hold steady in,

for instance, a moving vehicle. 

( am planning another trip in May )

the Silk Road!