First Drawing

A little reminiscing on my birthday - my very first drawing. Apparently I enjoyed primary colors at 11 months old. I think I was looking at a lot of Cy Twombly at the time.

Weekend

We spent another weekend in the Leadville area and half our group conquered Mt. Elbert - Colorado's highest peak (the rest retired early). Here's a photo taken by Lorna of the crowd at the top.

It was a perfect day for a long hike and we also caught the last of the golden aspen leaves:

and a beautiful evening next to Twin Lakes:

Tonight

Another moment of Aspen leaves

photo by Lorna Cochrane

Tonight at the Botanic Gardens

I saw Pillow Garden play a few weeks ago and it was really pleasant. You can download their airy ambient music for free here.

Big week

I've had a lot of great artists into "Art Appreciation" this week:

Wes Magyar:

The Wreck (after Friedrich), oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Alan Kitchen:


Michael Dowling:

, originally uploaded by Pitchpot▼.

(Untitled)

(Untitled), originally uploaded by nathanabels.

another very small drawing of a tank being dumped into the ocean to make a coral reef

"After Andrey Rublyov"

"After Andrey Rublyov", originally uploaded by nathanabels.

very small drawing.

Your Moment of Apsen Leaves

took this next to the Twin Lakes near Leadville on Saturday

New interior pictures

Our living room- Iron folding chair is from an antique store in Central City, the bench is from a used furniture store in Denver, the credenza is from ModLivin, the long highway painting is mine, the chairs are vintage - found in Savannah, Georgia and the coffee table is Lane.
The view from the living room looking towards the dining room - the dark painting in the dining room is mine and the framed painting in the dining room is by Alan Kitchen.
The couch is from Room & Board and there's a Mammoth tusk in the window sill on the left. The dining room table is from ModLivin. The painting above the couch is by Kay Tuttle.
The dining room - with a cast resin antler by Lauri Lynnxe Murphy. You can see the pigeon racing trophies in the window sill on the left. The room on the right of the photo is my studio. Our place isn't usually quite this clean - ha ha.

Pigeon plates

New work from Brooklyn Rehab - but not on her etsy quite yet. As many of my regular readers remember - I'm a big pigeon enthusiast and did a art show on the often misunderstood bird a couple of years ago. You can browse more pigeon related posts of mine here.

Town Musicians of Bremen

I ran into the above image online somewhere and it reminded me of Kay Tuttle's series also based on the town musicians of Bremen. It also seemed a bit Lynchian, which of course I enjoyed. Kay said this painting of a swan, fox, and polar bear was her white-on-white:

Kay Tuttle, "Polar Bear, Fox, Swan"; ink on paper, 24” x 30”

Otis Redding. source.

Two Grays

Ellsworth Kelly, Two Grays I, 1975, Oil on canvas, two joined panels, 92 x 102 inches

Spiraling

I was just talking about the golden ratio and the Fibonacci spiral in "Art Appreciation" yesterday and the Astronomy Photo of the Day is a spiral:

Reminds me of last year's mysterious spiral over Norway:

Wooes

(photo from last year - the Aspens are nearly in season this year already)

And the wind, full of wantonness,
wooes like lover
The young aspen-trees till they
tremble all over.

- Thomas Moore (From Trees of America) via Design Squish blog

Found Photo

found at Uncertain Times

Anna Kaye opening tonight!

Anna Kaye, "Kindling," Charcoal on Paper, 50 x 16 inches each

Sorry for the late notice - but Anna Kaye will be showing new works at Sandra Philips gallery tonight in an opening from 6-8 pm.

Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder, Colorado

Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder, Colorado, originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video.

I can smell this fire in Denver. There are some amazing and tragic photos of the fire area on flickr - follow this link. How to help.