my week in photos ...
and a few words

sunrise over palos verdes, no filter.  

the color i think comes
from the windshield
but i like the effect.

the sun

have you ever seen

anything

in your life

more wonderful

than the way the sun,

every evening,

 released and easy, 

floats toward the horizon

and into the clouds or the hills,

or the rumpled sea,

and is gone~

and how it slides again

out of the blackness,

every morning,

on the other side of the world,

like a red flower

streaming upward on its heavenly oils,

say, on a morning in early summer,

at its perfect imperial distance~

and have you ever felt for anything

such wild love~

do you think there is anywhere, in any language,

a word billowing enough 

for the pleasure

that fills you,

as the sun

reaches out,

as it warms you

as you stand there

empty-handed~

or have you too

turned from this world~

or have you too

gone crazy

for power,

for things?

mary oliver

teabag paintings, reference from henri matisse

all collage teabag, reference journal sketch

teabag, pencil sketching

large commissioned piece

tomatomania tomato-titas growing 

and sunset over the pacific, catalina in the background

it is friday of a long holiday weekend.  thank you

for taking the time to visit.  your comments mean a lot to 

me.   have a fun one for all who celebrate and be safe.

posting with friends at paint party friday.