Between Blue and Green

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I thank my son for many things but one in particular - introducing me to writing a blog ,  gives me a way to talk about my art without forcing anybody to listen ( everyone knows where the turn off button is).

Here is a side of the man not too many know:   Poetry 

Poetry . . . → Read More: Between Blue and Green

Water Ways

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                                                          I follow you out into open water

 

                                                     Hovering between blue and green

 

                                               Never looking up; never looking back

 

                                        Deep into the abyss under endless surges

 

                                  You erode me and rebuild me

 

                         Washing over me in swells and fingers

 

                  You speak . . . → Read More: Water Ways

A SQUALL

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Sandra asked me the other day to write a few things down about the Island where I lived for the first 16 years of my life, so of course the memories just came in –  in mounts, it drove me to do a little painting as well, so here is a little abstraction of . . . → Read More: A SQUALL

Close to Shore

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Close to shore

Das Meer  (the Sea)  is pulling and tugging until the ebb tide is fulfilled

Sand is refusing to follow and holds tight to the shore

But a few grains will always resist the temptation to stay put and flow away with the pull, only to end up as . . . → Read More: Close to Shore

Low Tide

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The memory always brings me back to my homeland – the Island of Sylt – if one grows up by the sea – that picture of water, seagulls and sand will never leave you alone and more often than not – paints the picture a little brighter than it really . . . → Read More: Low Tide

Free

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Free    2009

Seagulls do what they do best – as no other - sailing with the wind -  free and fanciful

14×20”   acrylic/paper   $ 200.00

Sounds of wind and sky

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A walk along the edge of the water – some arias of the water surface give the impression of ice – right next to it – feeling of bottomless deepness -  reflections from the sky puts an interesting pattern and colors onto the blue mass

12,5×15,5 . . . → Read More: Sounds of wind and sky

Wind play on dark water

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The morning is just beginning – the lake is still dark sleepy and mysterious  – but the sun cannot resist throwing colors onto the surface reminding it – life begins again

14×20”   acrylic/paper      $ . . . → Read More: Wind play on dark water

The winds with their swiftness

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See the surface of the water – how it moves and glides – the wind will not give it rest – until the sun joins in and brings the colors to make it picture perfect

22×25”     acrylic/oil/ canvas      $ . . . → Read More: The winds with their swiftness

Near the Ocean

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8×10″ acrylic/paper mat