La Crosse
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Downtown Art Around
The River City Gallery sponsors an event called Downtown Art Around during July. I entered two years ago when our Madison house hit the market. Then last year I submitted these. This year I plan to work on this… I hope to capture morning light in the window reflections. Stay tuned. Continue reading
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We’ve lived here long enough to be in our second Spring. Each of these flowers are a wonder. What adaption explains the amount of lavender color, following so much white in the spring. Of course these are plants with signs of human impact. We are made of dirt ourselves, Adam means as much. So of Continue reading
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Currently
Some things I am working on. This is for an open invitation at the Pump House for the theme of Inspired by La Crosse. This is a view from Houska Park. These are smaller works from the Trempeleau National Wildlife Refuge. This is ready to submit to the River City Gallery for the Upper Mississippi Continue reading
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Piggy’s
On the first Friday of February we were walking by the Pumphouse Art Gallery, and we encountered this view. I thought it would be fun to try my hand. What stands out is the bright sunset against the shadowy building, the bridge silhouette and the lines emanating from an off the page vanishing point to Continue reading
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I’ll Drive
The LaCrosse Children’s Museum is celebrating their 25th anniversary. There was a a call to artists to submit works. The images here are from a visit 6 years ago with our then 1 year old granddaughter. This is a work in progress. Submissions are due January 26. The title of this piece is “I’ll Drive.” Continue reading
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Fall Leaves Fall Again
It could be a simple statement of fact: “Fall leaves fall.” It is what happens every year. It could be a direct request: “Fall leaves, Fall.” as if we could somehow could encourage this to happen. I see it as a celebration: “Fall leaves fall!” This installation celebrates the symmetry of drawing from the soil, Continue reading
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More Drawing
Drawing life. Cafe Domestique The “sermon notes” was from something I heard in the liturgy about being hidden in the Rock. Continue reading
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Drawing
I’m taking a drawing class with Bill Eddy through La Crosse parks and rec. The assignment last week was to draw breakfast. We went camping, as always in the rain. One morning we cooked cinnamon rolls over the coals. Quite tasty, but tricky. For shading I used charcoal from the previous evenings fire. The next Continue reading
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Quick Plein Air
I joined the Between the Bluffs Plein Air event, which included a quick paint (two hours) from the top of Grandad’s Bluff. From this vista rain could be seen to our West and North, but we were ok up to a point. I selected a site and worked on this view, looking South and three Continue reading
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Between the Bluffs
Plein Air I am participating in this two week long event. The rules are to use media outdoors within a 15 mile radius of downtown La Crosse, WI. I started with the bluff just down the street by our house, “Cliff Wood.” This view is from Cliff Side Park. There is a cemetery on Losey Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 