Mark's show

Thursday, November 12th, 6 - 9 pm

Twilight Artist Collective

4306 SW Alaska Street

Seattle, Washington

One of Mark's decorative metal sculptures is featured in this show.

Click here for other images from the show.

When it works

I know items from the late 60's and early 70's are all the rage, but I normally don't care for them. I was raised in a sea of harvest gold and avocado green, polyester knits and shag carpeting.  I'm happy not to revisit that...but I do like this pendant grouping:

Photo: Ricardo DeAratanha/LAT

Similar pendants easily found on Etsy at Lovintage

The Bomber

I was raised in Milwaukie, Oregon, home to The Bomber, 

an iconic gas station and restaurant.

The gas station is closed now, but The Bomber is still there, going through a slow renovation process. And the restaurant is still owned and operated by the family who started the business in the late 1940's.

For more information, click here

No watering necessary

Mark's latest ~

Steel and copper countertop Christmas tree.

Hiking the canyons

We hiked both canyons this weekend.

Deschutes...

and Crooked River.

They are only about 6 miles apart, but so different in appearance.

Trux - elated to be off leash.

A little further along...

that's what I keep going for...the view of the water.

Afternoon shadows

“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. 

Keep in the sunlight.”

~ Benjamin Franklin 

More shadow shots at Hey Harriet

Climb

"The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky."

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Up a Tree from Rum and Rubies

I adore autumn

Art in place

A visit to The Design Center...

my favorite stairway...love this.

Artwork within...

Line Dance With a Circle

clay and hemp

Cheri Harris

Lunaire 1, 2, 3

acrylic and paper on canvas

Pam Jersey Bird

...Yawn!

The individual elements of the tree I'm designing for our garden club to donate to the Hospice auction seemed like a good idea...

the reality...quite the snooze.

More ideas are in the works to glitz up the tree:

Recycled-paper flowers with tiny, vintage Christmas balls

and

Handmade paper cones & vintage bead strands used as icicles

What do you see?

We all see things differently...especially with art.

Karine Swenson a blogger from Joshua Tree, California, posts about her art and life in the high desert. In a recent contest, she asked for help naming her new diptych (picture the paintings below side by side).

What do you see?

I see autumnal reflections in calm water...

my title suggestion of:

Lake Reflections, Autumn

was the winner of this contest and this quail linocut:

Thanks Karine!