https://oldswimmer.wordpress.com/tag/a-gardens-worth-a-thousand-pictures/ Gardens and graphics are tied together inexorably.I find art in the most humble places. The link above will take you to some old history of Susan G Holland, an artist who began 83+ years ago on the East Coast of the US, and is now, after many many adventures and homes, living in the…
EVERY PIECE OF NATURE HAS A CERTAIN KIND OF HISTORY-- A MINUTE BY MINUTE LOG OF ITS DAYS ON EARTH MARKS THE EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENED. THEN IT GROWS ON MAKING MORE HISTORY. WILL IT SHARE ITS SECRETS?
He rides the sides of mountains.I imagine the soft sound of a pinto horse finding the path, happy. The silence is precious. You are there. You and I are there. SGH 2018 Sept 2
Watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper, © SGHolland 1980-87 Born: Swarthmore PA, Education: Nether Providence High School, Wallingford PA 1955, The George School, Bucks Co.PA 1956, Temple University's Tyler School of Fine Arts, Elkins Park PA and Philadelphia 1959,(Fine Arts and Academics -- education classes, Griffin Business School 1983,Bellevue WA (computer programming/systems analysis.) And many…
Thank you, Robert Genn, for your wonderful contributions to the world of aspiring artists,as well as the world of old hands in the studio. S.Holland October 2020 https://painterskeys.com/switch-to-swatch/
SGHolland 2018 I love the concept of "accepted in the Beloved." This is a little gem out of many in the Bible. Ephesians 1:5-7 New King James Version (NKJV) 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which…
I found this stool somewhere-- possibly in the Habitat Store in Shelton WA-- and it asked to be mine. This has been my Director's Chair in the studio for many years now. It serves as a stool, of course, when I am at the easel. It also serves as a foot-rest when I am reclining…
This arrived today. Every time my mail-in ballot comes into the outside mailbox I am set to wondering. What if someone opened the mailbox and took mine out. Would I notice the absence? Well, yes, because I am living in part of my daughter's house, and she and her husband also receive ballots. But…
Since 1974 or so, our family has loved a gem in the Cascade Mountains that is surprisingly accessible from our truly suburban homes in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. The first years we were often there camping out with very few other campers nearby. The place was four miles down…
Sometimes I make up surprises for myself, just to wake up the "fun" spirit inside me. There's nothing like a blank piece of good art paper drawn out of its brown wrapper and placed on the art table. What about some MARKS? Dealing with ennui is no stranger around here. It's not that…
