These are two flowers that indicate WATER. Wherever they grow there will be water seeping either a little bit above ground or just underneath the ground even if all around is arid and dry and dead.
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2009Jul 19
tags: ink | Seep-spring monkey flower | speedwell | watercolor
trebor61 9:20 am on July 19, 2009 | #
Another delightful collection of plants and beasties. Reminds me of the line in “Dream Angus” –
“Even the birdies and beasties are sleeping”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQLngC-Tqas&feature=related
Rudat 3:42 pm on July 19, 2009 | #
Do you have a blog or a website? I just re-read your profile here and would love to see more of your art.
roseindigo 5:21 pm on July 19, 2009 | #
No, sorry Susan, I never did set up a website. I’m still on dial-up out here in the sticks, and it seems to time consuming to me. I also still work part-time on the computer and when I’m done with work all I can think of is getting away from this infernal machine. But if I ever do set up a site, I’ll be happy to let you know. This is the only place I’ve ever posted any of my art.
Rudat 4:09 am on July 20, 2009 | #
I hope you are able to share your art with ‘real’ people around you. I agree, computers and the internet can be time consuming. I’m glad that you’re posting your art here!
roseindigo 10:02 am on July 20, 2009 | #
I sell a lot of the botanicals in a couple of local shops, and even have some botanicals in a local state park museum. So I do share my work. But sometimes the sharing of it gets to be a hassle and more than I want to bother with. I like to PAINT; but other than that I’m sort of like Bob, because I don’t like all the ancillary things that go with it like matting and framing and delivering and keeping track of inventory. But I admit, I do like the checks that come in every once in a while when something has sold.
I also made a big mistake by selling things without either scanning them or photographing them, so a lot of my work is gone forever and I have no record of it. But that’s OK, as long as it has ended up on good homes with people that love it. One of the botanists from the forest service bought several of my pieces for his office, and an art professor from Humboldt State bought four of my pieces at the last art fair, and with those purchase and the pieces in the museum, I’m pretty sure I’m on the right track.
Anyhow, last year the sale of my art helped me to buy a new car, so I was happy. This year I’ve spent most of my time using that new car and just going out to sketch, which is actually what I love to do more than doing finished pieces.
Anyhow, it sounds like you travel quite a bit. If you are ever in Reno, Nevada, let me know and I’ll come and meet you, or even bring you here to show you around. I love to talk art, and I love your work, and it could be fun. You are probably a lot younger than I am (I am 68) but artists have much in common despite age.
Margie 9:29 pm on July 20, 2009 | #
lovely!