Crab apples in free fall
Acrylic, black marker, and coloured pencil
on watercolour paper
6 x 9 inches
Barbara Muir © 2012
This sounds
like a fairy story title I know.
But these
are just
some of the creatures we’ve seen in the past few
days. Driving here at night you have to be
constantly
vigilant first
of all for country cats and kittens
who play
along the
tall grasses at the side of the road, probably
hunting
mice. But we have seen more than
one deer
crossing
our path on the highway. And foxes
slink away
off the
road making a quick get away. The
blue herons are
back in
the river bay just down the road at Wallace, Nova Scotia.
Tonight we
came home to find a deer slowly sauntering into the
woods near our
apple tree. Steven pruned the tree
until its boughs
are like
an umbrella, when you walk under it – the branches
surround
you, thick with small, green crabapples.
This drawing
is of some apples I scattered onto our
table and
then tried to capture. Across the
room from me
in the
school house are branches filled with apples, arranged in
a white,
Victorian pitcher. They spread
dramatically across
a ten
foot span. A dreamy amount of space
for us, used as
we are to
city cramped quarters.
Other than
that it was another gorgeous day at the beach.
Have a seeing-the-magic-around- you
day.
5 comments:
I can tell by this lovely drawing that the world there is shiny and clean, unimpaired by the grit of the city and the close-in feeling that we have when surrounded by thousands.
What a fabulous place where you are. I hope each day makes such a good memory that they will carry you through those wintery days ahead.
Hugs!
gorgeous crabapples watercolour Barbara. loose and free, just like you must be feeling out there in never-neverland.
holidays are so the best.
Hi Melinda,
True it is ridiculously clean and shiny here. I am holding onto a positive view of life, don't want to think about the fast pace of the city. I do need it and love it when I'm there.
xoxoxoxoxoxBarbara
Hi Sally,
It has been a real vacation -- but not much painting. Three days left.
Maybe.
Love your work.
XO Barbara
So fresh and green and lively! Perfect Barbara!
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