Sunday, September 28, 2008

Mountain Biking at Turquoise Lake

Faces in the Rock

























We went camping in Moab these past few days. We were right on the Colorado river and as you can see, these images were in the rock wall. Can you find the faces? My husband and I were speculating that these faces are the spirits of the ancestors of Moab forming to watch over it. One of the faces looks like a Hindu god with all of the profiles turning away. There is also a picture of Erik with some scruff as we were ruffin' it.



Sunday, September 14, 2008

Fine Art Oil Painting: The Parents


Coming across an old Picasso book, I had forgotten how much I love his work - the cubist style being my favorite. Thus, I have started some paintings in the cubist style. My first work is "The Parents" in various shades of green. I love the deep three dimensional feeling and dramatic use of shadow that cubism evokes. Keeping with the an expressionism, cubism allows for abstraction but still gives the viewer a frame of reference.