yesterday it was all crowding in on me...and while standing up on our hill breathing in the cold smoke from distant fires & gazing at the dry paddocks round about i felt it was suddenly time to cut and run for a bit.
there's nothing like driving at speed to the coast with the roof open to clear persistent headfog. sadly i forgot [or was that fogrot?] to take a camera so all i have to share is this midnight watercolour [assisted by a splash or two of Bombay Sapphire]
the view from the Bluff overlooking Encounter Bay was magic...the sealine all misty, waves deep blue, big surf crashing in on Petrel's Cove and giant granite boulders laced with lichens all around.
Hans Heysen did a rather better job of it...but at least my cobwebs are sorted...for the moment.
Good to be creative in times of distress!
ReplyDeleteThat's beautiful, but please tell me you drank the gin and didn't use it to paint with ...?
ReplyDeletecalm thyself me dear...i find gin a tad dessicating on paintbrushes and besides the cobalt blue would upset the lovely balanced flavours in the Sapphire!
ReplyDeleteDid you pick up Brad Pitt on the way by any chance?
ReplyDeleteno my Twisted Sister, I did not... he's far too young and green.
ReplyDeleteas long as you didn't drive over the edge
ReplyDeletethat's alright with me Ref: Thelma and Louise...
no, he doesn't do it for me either
thanks for refreshing my memory on that one...age hath clearly wearied and the years condemned ...and i had forgotten....
ReplyDeleteAge cannot wither her, nor custom stale
ReplyDeleteHer infinite variety;
blessed be the Sister of Twists...
ReplyDeleteI keep writing a comment and erasing it.. none seem right.. but I understand this...
ReplyDeleteyour painting is so expressive of the whole thing... internally and externally... it is beautiful... take care...
I have been checking in on you, but I had been gone so long and the magnitude of what's going on there made any comment seem coy and pointless. I am breathing easier with your wild ride to the sea and your lovely painting.
ReplyDeletethanks Gwen...good to have a kindred spirit on the other side of the Big Puddles
ReplyDeleteand Camellia, it's good to hear from you again, too...
your trip to the beach sounds wonderful, and your little painting is delightful.
ReplyDeleteI went to the beach again on Saturday, and to the city on Wednesday. Becomming a bit of a gadabout. Clear air, clear mind.
I visited some of your links a few weeks ago, and I really love Colin Mccahons colours and tones. It was a real adventure looking at all thost different styles and works. And reading so I went to the Gasgoine show last Wednesday, and two hours just went. What a wonderful women she was.
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