Refuge ... for now

16" x 12" watercolor + gouache on Arches

Update:  The words "... for now" in the title refers to this pictured area on the California coast, Pigeon Point, and is subject to multiple landslides, increasing sea temperatures and one day may well not be there anymore.   See it while you can.  For now, it is a precious refuge for all beings, especially sea life populations.

Roots in Eden

    12" x16" watercolor + gouache on Arches, 2013

 

 

It is very practical to do your laundry on the back step with two large water tubs next to mango trees and hang the clothes in the Barbados sun.  Total cost: a single bar of blue soap.  Later on, with all the money you saved, you can go out dancing at the DJ Disco up the sand road.

The Valley of the Shadow

Watercolor on Arches
12" x 16"
2012

graces & granite

graces & granite  watercolor on Arches  16"x12"

My friend took the photo, I had rights because it was my camera.  It said I am the image of old California, still here.  It also said, Paint me.  I liked it that the image verbalized itself so well, and I agreed completely.  Granite's name was changed when it blew away in the dust and became a place equally as humble.  Tomorrow I start on a third, the red barn, and the crow flies quickly to False Spring as well.  The height of my trip is seeing something to paint that meets an interior criteria, speaking and showing all of its special details that point undeniably to what we lost in the rush of the NWO.  So be cheered this place still exists.  It is amazing how people lived and the funky variety of ways of life before everything became illegal and mandatory.

Runoff Creek

Watercolor on Arches
20" x 14" 2007

This little body of flowing water has no name, is not on the map and is unknown to the town. Perfect for sneaky dumping. I have suspicions I am not the only one who knows this.

Gloryland

Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2008


They call it a survival tank. It is a ruralist's water tank. Someone in the middle of the last century wrapped it in animal print. The whole time I worked on this piece, I was listening to Paul Simon's Graceland.

IQ Test

Watercolor, India white and newsprint on Arches
24" x 18" 2003-4

The Detainees

Watercolor inks and Gouache on Arches
14" x 20"

All Things Must Pass

Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2004

The Flag of Arawaka

Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2005

Arawaka

Watercolor and masque on Arches
24" x 18" 2005