Week Word: Fugacious
I am the host for this week’s word and it is FUGACIOUS, meaning Lasting but a short time, fleeting. Please take a look at other bloggers who also have submitted a creative take on this word: John, Katy,June and Mary.
If you start to think about how many things in our short life are fleeting, lasting only a short time, it seems that it could almost be anything. Looking at one’s life in comparison to the vast cosmos of space and time, our life itself is fugacious. But taking a closer more timely look, two things come to mind, flowers(don’t I always think of them?) and children.
Spring flowers especially seem to come and go rather quickly. We spend so much time buying the bulbs, planting them in the fall, and then they pop up sometimes only for days, many times weeks.
spring has finally sprung
Then there is the fleeting aspect of childhood. Appreciate your children or grandchildren every second you are with them, because their childhood is fugacious.
Have a donut together!
donut time
Run around and play tag!
running
Or just hang out together…
so cute
Life can be fugacious, but stop be grateful and slow it down!
June has agreed to host next week’s word, so go to her Junebug Blog on Monday to check out the new word!
Read more at: Week Word.
Inspiration Thursday: Seasons
Driving to my shop today in the spring snow, I was thinking how miraculous it is that our planet has the capability to wake up after a long winter and become spring! My son has planted seeds in small pots placed in our large window in anticipation of the spring planting. They are coming to life, waking up for a new season, right on time, how cool is that??
I do love the seasons and, of course, am ready for some new flowers to emerge to paint!
small flower
Read more at: Snowflakes.
Inspiration Thursday: Clayboards
I am getting ready to start painting again, yeah!! And I cannot wait to grab my new clayboards and start some new fresh floral watercolors. Here is a piece I did on this surface:
Red Lilies
Clayboard is what it sounds like, a surface made from fired clay with no glaze. When painting on it, it is fluid and free and holds bright and intense color!
I will take pictures of my new watercolors, hopefully next week!
Read more at: Green the Color.
Listography: Film Stars most Like Me
Ok, this seems like a ridiculous list topic to me. I don’t really watch that many movies and have no idea which film star could be close to be being like me. If you want to read other’s lists click here.
The only one I could even think of is Gene Wilder because he has become an awesome watercolorist.
Gene Wilder
He has studied with Charles Reid and has a beautiful use of color.
Read more at: I am Inspired by.
Hung my show and it looks cool
As you know from previous posts, I am opening a new Joyefulart boutique in March. Since I am running the boutique, I am the first artist of the month and today we hung my paintings in my gallery. Here are some of my paintings that are featured in my new gallery:
Bouquet
Chanticleer Forest
Breath of Spring
Azaleas
Sailing Home
Vermont Cows
I am so proud and happy! If you live in the Philly area, come and visit at 7900 High School Road in Elkins Park. My blogger friends are welcome anytime!
Read more at: Week Word.
Inspiration Thursday: Blue, Give Me Anything Blue
Blue Vase
I have written about this before, but I love blue. I adore blue! Give me anything blue, and I feel a calming, organic, beautiful all is ok feeling. Maybe it is because the ever present sky is blue, or maybe because the ocean is blue, but there is something intrinsically earthy and lovely about this color.
Flashes
Life itself is surrounded by blue.
Winter scene
I can’t seem to get away from this soothing color in any of my paintings.
Roses in Magical Mendocino
It seems to give the final zing to any work. But the things I most love always seem to have some connection to this adored hue.
Margate in April
What is your most inspiring color?
Read more at: True Blue.
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