Globemallow

A globemallow, painted from a photo taken at the Chama River Valley, near Abiquiu, New Mexico, in June. We picnicked … More

Glacier Lily, plus some paper notes

Yellow glacier lilies dotted the hike we took in northern New Mexico, in the Carson National Forest, at … More

The last few weeks I’ve been trying just plain pencil and ink drawing, using Keys to Drawing, by Bert Dodson as a … More

I recently went to Joshua Tree National Park in California. For some reason, despite living in California all of my … More

Cherry blossoms in DC are scarce. A long cold winter seems to have scared them off. I did find a … More

An etegami I did over a year ago… It’s not the best, but it’s very evocative of how I feel … More

a trio of iris etegami, painted on request for a friend Irises are still a fond memory, deep in … More

I recently learned, from Dosankodebbie, of a Japanese poetic pastime called “finding a tiny autumn,” in which you seek out … More

Earlier this month we spent some time at Glacier National Park, in Montana, and Waterton Lakes Park, in Canada. I … More

Sunflower, drawn after walking home along a street with sunflowers taller than me. I didn’t know what words I would … More