Hope and TrustWatercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2009
I did one similar to this in 2003. I think I might have torn it up. Lately, it seemed to want to exist. When that happens, what can you do?
Flickers and similar birds
30 June 2009
Hope and Trust
Hope and TrustWatercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2009
I did one similar to this in 2003. I think I might have torn it up. Lately, it seemed to want to exist. When that happens, what can you do?
Flickers and similar birds
25 June 2009
downsizing
Whenever I get the time, which could be tonight, it could be this weekend, I will reduce the image sizes in all the posts. The graphics have become too ungainly for dial-uppers to view. On dial-up myself, I know what I am seeing, an intolerably long wait, hawing and humming, thumb twiddling, etc. Its no big deal, all you have to do is click on the image and a bigger view will come to life.
This is an example of what to expect:
Macaroni Pond
Watercolor on Arches
14" x 20" 2007
Update: 08.08.09 reduction program complete. A Herculean effort.
This is an example of what to expect:
Macaroni Pond
Watercolor on Arches
14" x 20" 2007
Update: 08.08.09 reduction program complete. A Herculean effort.
19 June 2009
Mysterious Present of a Secret Past
Watercolor on Arches
12" x 9" 2006
Cowboy Nam Vet. Industrious and laid back in one breath. Shovel wind chimes.
18 June 2009
17 June 2009
16 June 2009
15 June 2009
The Integration of the Plums
Watercolor on Arches24" x 18" 2005
This just slid over here from the blog almost as if it was planned. It wasn't. But since its slovenly easy, I will do it again.
Jake, in context
Watercolor on Arches
20" x 14" 2007
Dog days over on the blog...
Blush carpet and puppies don't go together all that well.
Will put up a bigger one when I find it, sigh. I know its around, somewhere ...
Detail from Jake, in Context.
14 June 2009
Sheep's Cathedral
Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2008
Glacial Erratics blown in from the tempest. When the ice melted, they were left behind, scattered solo or in cathedrals. They only appear permanent.
13 June 2009
11 June 2009
Crimescene of the Chukar Shooting
Watercolor on Arches20" x 14" 2007
Placid is only in the eye of the beholder.
10 June 2009
Glow
Winter in wonderland, 2007
Leaves were falling ... Just like embers
In colors red and gold they set us on fire
Burning just like a moonbeam ... in our eyes
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues ...
© 2005 Rowland Salley
Caballero y Caballera
Watercolor on Arches16" x 12" 2003
The comedians of the Animal Kingdom. These are the Acorn Woodpeckers who store acorns in old oaks to see them through the winters. When they return and discover the tree gone or a robbery has occurred, the whole region is alerted by raucous anger. I sprayed clean the cement walk to the house and as I recoiled the hose, I turned to see the Caballeria body surfing on the wet.
Ashes to Ashes
aka Here Comes the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Watercolor on Arches
24" x 19" 2005
These original Weedpatch, New Deal dwellings are rehoming the illegal farmhands - again. Must be a little drafty ...
Oakie Budding
Watercolor on Arches
24" x 18" 2003
Not only did Oakie then unfurl his glorious lobbed leaves, he did so on a bubbling carpet of many colors.
09 June 2009
The Long Goodbye
Watercolor, carpet and toy Beetle
16" x 12" 2004
Happy Trails to you until we meet again ... happy motoring rides off into twilight time.
LA Postcard
Watercolor on Arches
18" x 24" 2002
El-lay ... the neighbors had this funny dog who kept escaping. We fell in love. It didn't matter in LA, nothing but money matters in LA. We left. I miss Floyd.
War Train
2003, Photoshopped from a digital taken by my friend, the Fireteacher, radical rascal.
... the very last words poor Georgie cried were Nearer my God to Thee ...
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 Arches16" 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.
The Taoists
Watercolor on Arches16" x 12" 2006
Cullen and Mofusa, Cavadaii Porcellus, Cavys, Cochon des India or Guinea Pigs.
At home, the Guys, but they live the essence of the Tao. "What is, is."
Mofusa transformed into a Guardian Angel, thus spawning the Mofusa Memorial Park where wildlife visit, drink and feed. Wild Pigs, Elk, songbirds, Flickers, Rabbits and all the spring babies play and hide in Oak stumps and tall grasses. Cullen is seven this year. The one-eyed king.
08 June 2009
la Libération
Watercolor and newsprint on Arches16" x 12" 2004
HAITI 29 April 2004
Translated from French.
Release is mud cookies? Rice farms decimated? It is illegal to remove the dying from the streets? Looting? The rum bar abandoned ... she sleeps in the sun enured to that taking place beyond the garden wall.
Left: Oua Oua! trans. woof woof
(Haitian Schoolboy)
Watercolor and newsprint on Arches
18" x 12" 2004
07 June 2009
The Brief Window of Opportunity
Watercolor on Arches10.5" x 10.5" 2009
I am hungup on authentic things, things that last and were loved in the creation so much so they were painstakingly constructed to extend through generations of others who would love them too. And then, you live forever through other people's happiness.
This one was done specially for Stacy. Indeed it is political, done at the time everyone was realizing our brief window of opportunity was closing fast, if not already closed, as the first 100 days morphed into more of the same. Even as I write these words, it grows dorsal fins with stealth radar.
The Plane of 911
Watercolor and Conte crayon on Arches24" x 18" 2002-3
I dreamed I walked around a crowded city with this piece tucked under my arm explaining 911 was a plane of consciousness. When I woke up, I painted it. What you see is the dreamed work.
I don't know how often, if ever, this happens to other artists, if they dream a work in its entirety without adding embellishments from the outside mind? When I talk about art this way, of course I mean all creative efforts we know as the Arts.
Agave
Watercolor on Arches
12" x 16" 2009
DesmondSuSu writes:
- I used to be shining and new My presence could get some hearts pumping through some jealousy flowing around and about but never heavy, just jibes from the crew. Gliding along pretty country roads to destinations of simple pleasures: the harvest picnic the easter service the village dance the drive on the days where there was nothing to do. My rear filled with laughing people delighted to feel the wind on their faces Lovers loving up front. The privacy of the cabin their aces. Cool water washing me down smooth polish would create a shine Now - Well strangely I'm no less content despite the rust and numerous dents The sun and moon still do their thing Still catch the breeze and her gentle me-anderings. Life as a pick-up is different now and some days to pass time I pretend I am a cow.
- 02.23.09
- ---------
- Michael contributes his survivalist tip: ...Agaves, when they are small to medium sized, are quite handy for sewing. Just snap the spine at the top of the leaf and pull down; needle and thread all in one neat package. Nature loves us. 02.27.09
Dogs of the Desert, a series
Regazza Molta BellaWatercolor on Arches
9" x 12" 2006
Afghan Cocker Spaniel
Prayer at the Shrine of the Joshua YuccaWatercolor on Arches
12" x 9" 2006
McNabb Shepard and Border Collie
06 June 2009
Ferris Wheel
Watercolor on Arches12" x 9" 2006
I hated going through the Eisenhower Tunnel. The whole trip depends on trusting everyone else to maintain their cool. An iffy proposition at best.
Masai on High
Watercolor on Arches
9" x 12" 2006
Lovebirds are indigenous to Tanzania. When they are overcome with happiness, they let loose entire operas.
Stories from Rancho Shady Glen
Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2008
Words from my Father: "Everybody has a story."
Work is Never Done
Watercolor on Arches
16" x 12" 2003
This is posted for NOTA, the self-professed boards fan. I will put it up in a higher res as soon as I sift through the cds.
love, Outchon
Update: here is the original.
05 June 2009
Ticket Depot for the Shambhala Express
Watercolor on Arches12" x 16" 2009
Shambhala ... By definition Shambhala is hidden. It is thought to exist somewhere between the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas, but it is protected by a psychic barrier so that no one can find the kingdom who is not meant to. Tibetan lamas spend a great deal of their lives in spiritual development before attempting the journey to Shambhala. Those who try to get there who are not wanted are swallowed by crevasses or caught in avalanches. People and animals tremble at its borders as if bombarded by invisible rays. There are guidebooks to Shambhala, but they describe the route in terms so vague that only those already initiated into the teachings of the Kalacakra can understand them ... continues at link.
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