The robin was the first bird I knew to name … and probably just as I was learning to talk. I imagine that is true for many of us.
Category: iPad Paintings
Pigeon-toed Goose
Angel Goose
Today I graduated from the two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program offered through the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. It has been rich, deep, rigorous – and I am grateful beyond words for the depth of practice and growth it has offered. Don’t know exactly how this quirky goose fits into it all – but she seems celebratory, so here she is!
Deceased
I’m not done with geese quite yet, but this sweet sparrow/spirit lay dead outside my studio door this morning and I owed her this note of respect…
More Goose-y Shadow Play
Shadow Play
Goose shadows are so fun…
Take a Gander
Goose of the day…
What You Lookin’ At?
Big Girl
Under a Blue Moon
Sister Act
I just love their big bulbous downy bodies!
Scribble Bird
Little Blue
Swallow Color Study
Imaginary Chick
I came out of silence at midday and made this a couple of hours later … feeling newborn.
Imaginary Bird in Blue
Yes, the weather changes in silence. This bird is maybe just a little pissed off…
Imaginary Bird in Red
From the third day of silence. I’ve been drawing from Audobon’s prints but decided I didn’t want to open the book. Entering silence for several days is to enter an ever-changing weather system… joy, sorrow, endless busy monkey-mind, great space. This came in a playful moment.
From Audobon’s Columbia Jay
From the second day of silence …
From Audobon’s Snow Bird
I entered a silent retreat from January 13-17. I didn’t go online during those days to post, but I did keep up my daily drawing practice, and I’ll post-date those pieces now. I took along my book of Audobon prints. I like to study his work and adapt it to my style. I learn so much from his observations and also from his compositions. For the retreat, I wanted to draw without spending a lot of time thinking about what to draw, so I opened the book of prints randomly and focused on what what I found.
Pelican break…
Last of the pelicans…for awhile. Tomorrow I am entering a five-day silent retreat…a blessed respite from news and technology. It will be nice to be truly quiet and Hal will let me know if we need to run for our lives. I wish that were a joke. Sending love and prayers for all of us…
Pelican Landing IV
Pelican Landing III
Pelican Landing II
Pelican Landing
Even the imaginary birds are crying…
Buds
Dalmatian Pelican II
Yes!
I’ve just been introduced to Dalmatian Pellicans, and I’m in love…
Today, I Needed Color…
Common Gallinule – after Audubon
A Hopeful Bird Leaves a Dark Year
Imaginary Bird in Red
Imaginary Bird (redux)
Orchard Oriole – After Audubon
Punk Flamingo
Imaginary Bird III
Light
Greetings
Refresh
Sage Grouse III
Sage Grouse II
Simple
Blue Bird of Pandemica II
The Blue Bird of Pandemica
I woke up this morning with this new word on my mind: pandemica. We need notes of hope and happiness in these longest, darkest nights, and so I offer this as a first take on “The Blue Bird of Pandemica.”
Getting Silly Now…
Fanciful Grouse
Imaginary bird II
Imaginary Bird
Jay II
