At 5:30am this morning Tommy, Mandy (swearing scotswoman) and I met Arrarat reserve French’s Forrest and in pouring rain, pitch blackness…
At 5:30am this morning Tommy, Mandy (swearing scotswoman) and I met Arrarat reserve French’s Forrest and in pouring rain, pitch blackness we headed off with head lamps and big LED torches which usually throw off heaps of light but the rain was SO heavy we couldn’t see much in front of us. It was like running thru a cyclone and the amount of water created waterfalls of immense size on every track. Incredible. We all wish we’d taken cameras (waterproof of course). You have to laugh at the insanity of it all. Just wild. / Bates Creek was such a massive river we had to back track to the roads and then head back down to the harbour tracks. Never seen such a high tide, waves so far up middle harbour, sewer outlets had blown their covers and water was gushing out up to a metre high. Little trickles of water usually were now massive waterfalls which were pretty tricky to navigate and we all held onto each other to get thru. Trees down everywhere which you have to climb over. It was daylight and 1 1/2 hours by the time we’d done 10km’s and we were then at Davidson park under the Roseville bridge. From there we had to cross 2 streams at waist high depth, again holding onto one another and finally got to the pipeline and then out of Garrigal. / We found our favourite Mandarin tree and quickly downed a few each for a sugar hit and back to cars…3 hours for 21km’s. Pretty slow, eh? / What an adventure though, so unreal/surreal! / Mandy can’t wait to run with us again. We’ll never forget this one! What next; running thru a cyclonic storm/tornado/ gale force winds…done it! / Next big run in two weeks time if anyone wants to come……… / Glad I’m not cycling this afternoon. I’m stuffed. I’m fixing up graphics on my bicycle imagery on which i’d done all this French typo and apparently I’m about to start world war 3 if the French ever see it! So, with my mother in law on phone and email we’re trying to sort out what i was trying to say and I’m painting over and repainting it all. What a pain in the quoit! Then Michael has to re photogrpah it all! Arrrgghh! I can’t remember what i was trying to say either, that hasn’t helped. a coffee would help. Finished off first Cuban car last night and it looks cool. looking forward to doing the next 5. I’m painting them on canvas, loaded with plaster then sanding back.
It’s mid August and it’s dark, cold and raining. I just can’t get going on my female torso painting and I have 2 partly finished Elvis po…
It’s mid August and it’s dark, cold and raining. I just can’t get going on my female torso painting and I have 2 partly finished Elvis portraits staring me in the face. Can’t get going today – all I wanna do is play Rise of Nations on the comp!
I had a lovely surprise this week, to find out I had been featured All About Your Best Work...
I had a lovely surprise this week, to find out I had been featured All About Your Best Work What a fantastic feeling! A huge thanks to those involved in the selection :) The weather has noticed the season again / And shifts mercilessly between sunshine and rain / And I can move forward, whilst waiting still / And drink up a cup / Of a new creative fill oh how quaint, she learns to paint
Hi, frienz.. 4th of July is a special time.. in celebrating our freedom and how good it feels. and thank those that helped make this day…
Hi, frienz.. 4th of July is a special time.. in celebrating our freedom and how good it feels. and thank those that helped make this day possible, as well. Our flag will stand high and proud.. “GOD BLESS AMERICA* Belt out your comments.. what will you all be doing? / ur friend, Nikki1 / Have a great day/weekend to all.. ;-)
Feels like forever since I have spent any real time painting. So much to do, settling into this location and getting my Studio all set u…
Feels like forever since I have spent any real time painting. So much to do, settling into this location and getting my Studio all set up. Still much to do, but I really must get more painting done. I tend to get a bit strange when I don’t paint enough. I would imagine that most artists are like that. A gray and gloomy day here in Ocala, but perfect for painting. Have been doing a lot of bird watching from my front porch and have been taking lots of photos. Thought that would be a fun thing to start a series on….... my front yard birds. Have started a painting of a Red Bellied Woodpecker. Also working on a landscape…..... Will post finished results soon.
In Fine Arts Influenced by Literature...Two Paintings !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/ma…
In Fine Arts Influenced by Literature...Two Paintings / Vortex..The Sea of Time and Space 2nd Feature for this painting / The Beauty 4th Feature for this painting In Watermedia Paintings / The Plea 2nd Feature for this painting Thank you so much
The Mill House Reflects on Itself finished in the top ten of the Windows and Doors group’s …
The Mill House Reflects on Itself finished in the top ten of the Windows and Doors group’s Painted Artwork of Doors and Windows challenge. And Twixt Wind and Water finished in the top ten of The Watermedia groups’s Stormy Weather in Watermedia Only Contest .
*First I would like to take this opportunity to once more thank all those who support me and my work with your wonderful comments each an…
First I would like to take this opportunity to once more thank all those who support me and my work with your wonderful comments each and every day…it is such a fantastic morale boost…feedback on my written work is really valuable as it helps me to decide which articles resonate the most….it is also extremely gratifying that group hosts continue to feature my paintings… / To all those who are new to my work and who have placed me on their watch list, I am now configuring my gallery in a different way…the overview page now reflects the colours of fall, as that season is current where I live…you will see paintings that reflect the season, showing the colours and related themes of fall, but you will also see work that simply echo the wonderful range of gold orange and yellow shades that is autumn…work that you may not have seen before are now grouped together with new work and will be changed frequently… as a result the overview page will often show some surprising combinations…. / So from now on the first few art pages will be themed….that means new work may not always show at the top of the overview page, though I will try to keep them there as much as possible... The most recent Features In Tools / / Still Life with an Awl In Just Watercolours / / The Sentimels In All Abstract Art / / UNcertain Weather In Journal Junkies / / Sales, Features, and Wins 10/11/09 In Image Writing / In If It Doesn’t Belong / / Homage to Cezanne In Impressionism Cafe / / Still Life with Old Dandelion Stencil and Terracotta Pots Thank you so much
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