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Wish You Were Here

12/14/2020

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Wish You Were Here
"Wish You Were Here" - acrylic on deep cradled  wood panel, 6.5" x 6.5"x 1.5".  Ready to hang (Sides are painted; no need to frame.  Hanging wire is attached)  Part of the series "A View From the Gorge." Available here and at Artfinder.

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
- from Pink 
Floyd, Wish You Were Here

Another painting inspired by the gorge, but this one tiny.    Back to the trees and lessons learned from Brian Rutenberg.  Inspired by the odd aspen grove found in the forest, along with the strangely dressed trees covered in pale lichens and mosses.  And always, the reminder of fires and resilience.
Perhaps Pink Floyd is an odd choice for titling an abstracted landscape painting.  But maybe we are all feeling a bit of these lyrics during this holiday season - missing those we would normally gather with and the feeling of being surrounded by those we love.

Here at malarkey central, the youngest is preparing to leave the nest and begin his life in Seattle, while those far and near shelter in place instead of coming together for our usual boisterous game nights and late night frivolity.    A big house will seem larger yet - but wait!  Does that mean more room for flinging paint?    Perhaps Wonder Mike will. finally get his own room...
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​And now, to get your Monday started right - a little remix of Pink Floyd, done in a lovely way.  


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Dotty Seiter link
12/14/2020 10:03:19 am

Jen, what a spectacular series. This 'tiny' wood panel reads huge in its depth—both the panel itself and what you've painted—and in its wordless storytelling.

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jen
12/14/2020 05:45:35 pm

Dotty! I love your way with words, lady! Thank you SO very much!!!

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Carl Stoveland
12/14/2020 10:05:12 am

This is a beautiful painting. I’m going to school on your techniques and color choices and absorbing them into my own work!
I feel the same about your sentiment about the holidays this year. Glad we’ll have my Mom and some egg nog snd games of scrabble. I feel bad Wendy’s Mom is all the way up in upstate NY.
Keep making that great art snd cheering us all up!

PS envious of the line about more room to paint!
Carl

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jen
12/14/2020 05:47:19 pm

Carl! Dude, I am going to be learning from YOUR painting now. Your abstracted seascapes are killing me! SO good.

Delighted your mom will be with you gigs and you'll have a little sense of family holiday. And Wonder Mike says come on over, there will be a whole extra room for you!

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Carol Edan link
12/17/2020 02:09:30 am

I see faces in the trees, like totems telling their tale!

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