Tree/Wind - 3/14/17


The word for this week felt very appropriate. I also like the lyric from the song associated with the word: "Just like a tree, standing by the waterside..." This past weekend I visited my grandfather in Carmel. He is very sick and in hospice care at home. I took a picture of some oak trees on the way back to Berkeley for this drawing. The colors are loosely based on an oil painting above my grandfather's bed of a field of red poppies. Below the painting on the mantel there were some yellow daffodils from Trader Joe's. I wanted to make a drawing made up of mainly these two colors.

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  1. Kenny MeyerMarch 14, 2017 at 1:53 PM

    Saturated colors and profound life experiences. Is there a connection?

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  2. rebeccaMarch 17, 2017 at 11:27 AM

    maybe...a lot going on right now. thanks for reading! hope all is well. got a couple of inreach messages from you today. glad that you're out hiking!

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  3. Kenny MeyerMarch 17, 2017 at 3:10 PM

    Life seems to come in waves.
    The hike wasn't much progress, but the mountains were in fine shape. Here's a link to a couple photos of snow in the San Gabriels. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzduRAnBpvXIZTd4bjlWTW5Ha2M?usp=sharing

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