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“Evening’s End“ 9” x 12” Pastel $100 © Sharon Lewis |
It had been a stormy afternoon, segueing into a cool evening. As evening fell, the storm clouds moved out rapidly leaving behind this dazzling glimpse of the last rays of the setting sun. The tide had gone out, leaving pools of shimmering water in its wake. What a beautiful end to the day!
Happy Weekend!
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| “Remember a Beautiful Day” 5” x 7” Oil $60 © Sharon Lewis |
It’s cloudy here today and I woke up to lots of negative, sad, and disturbing news. I’m finding like a lot of people, that I need to take a break from all the news from time to time to maintain my equilibrium. Fortunately, I also have art to occupy my time and this encourages me to focus on the positive; the beautiful natural world that exists around us. So, I’m not choosing to ignore what is going on right now but I am choosing to focus on remembering that beautiful skies also exist, that sunny days still happen, and that we are all better when we remember all that we share instead of all that divides us.
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“Enclosing the late heaven of a summer day, a canopy Of incandescent blue above the dappled sunlight golden on the grass.”
This
is an excerpt from a poem by John Koethe (1945) which seems to capture in words
my feelings when I painting this scene. It’s based on my photos of New
Brunswick on a beautiful summer day, in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada.
Happy
Almost Weekend!
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