Big Sur

Big Sur

Click Image for Frames Big Sur DescriptionArt Notes Along the coast of the Golden State, there are numerous places for one to stop and contemplate the wonderous and powerful Pacific Ocean as it meets the rugged California coastline. To many, Big Sur is not just a...
Warming Up

Warming Up

Click Image for Frames Warming Up Description “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.”– John Muir Thomas Kinkade was an avid outdoorsman, and grew up in the foothills of Northern California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Throughout his life he would return...
A Winter Retreat

A Winter Retreat

Click Image for Frames A Winter Retreat DescriptionArt Notes Does winter have a color? Possibly, but winter sometimes requires us to use our imagination to see the color. In A Winter Retreat you find lavender, pinks, blues, whites, grays, yellows, greens, and shades...
Almost Heaven

Almost Heaven

Click Image for Frames DescriptionArt Notes When I reflect on how much time we spend in our homes and offices, or hurrying here and there in planes and trains and autos – wrapped, always, in cocoons of our own making – I am dismayed. We need to break free...
Autumn Lane

Autumn Lane

Click Image for Frames DescriptionArt Notes Autumn is the perfect season for hiking the countryside. The air is crisp and invigorating; the light radiant and alive. Vistas painted crimson, gold and flaming orange by the frost-touched trees await the delighted walker...