NEW DIRECTIONS FROM
OLD IDEAS
MY AGING BODY DECIDED THAT IT DOESN'T WANT TO PUSH CLAY AROUND IN MY STUDIO ANY MORE AND OPTED FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES!
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JAPANESE WISTERIA ON PERGOLA IN FRONT OF STUDIO |
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STIPA GIGANTEA GRASS IN FRONT OF OUR GALLERY |
I'VE BEEN A SERIOUS GARDENER SINCE MY MID-TEENS.
I STARTED WORKING ON THE CURRENT GARDEN
35 YEARS AGO. IT IS ROUGHLY 2.5 ACRES OR ONE HECTARE IN SIZE AND IS AN ARTIST'S INTERPRETATION OF 5 DIFFERENT STYLES OF JAPANESE GARDEN.
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MAIN ENTRANCE GATE - RHODODENDRON AND WOODLAND GARDEN |
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WOODLAND PATH |
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FERNS AND HOSTA GARDEN |
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HOSTAS, FERNS AND RHODODENDRONS |
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INNER GARDEN POND - VEGETATION REPRESENTS WATERFALL CASCADES |
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BOG GARDEN WITH BIG LEAF GUNNERA MANICATA AND DARMERA PELTATUM |
GARDENS AND LANDSCAPE HAVE BEEN MY PRIMARY SOURCE OF IDEAS AND INSPIRATION FOR MY WORK
IN PORCELAIN AND
INTERPRETIVE GLAZE PAINTINGS FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
SOMETIMES I USE IMAGES FROM THE WHOLE GARDEN. OTHER TIMES I CONCENTRATE ON SMALL DETAILS.
THIS POSTING LOOKS AT THE BIG PICTURE
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ART ALL OVER! |
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO POSTINGS. THEY ARE LOOSELY BASED ON STIMULATING THE EYEBALLS AND BRAIN TO SEE IDEAS.
LOOKING AND SEEING ARE TWO DISTINCT CONCEPTS. LOOKING IS RAPID AND GENERALIZED:
SEEING IS SLOWER, ANALYTICAL AND SPECIFIC.
MOST OF US ARE ADEPT AT LOOKING,
BUT FEW REALLY SEE WHAT IS THERE.
SEEING IS THE REALM OF THE ARTIST.
