Changing Light

Messing About With Boats

Week 25,     June 1 - July 6

“O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small...."   Prayer of the Breton fishermen

I confess. I get seasick. A dinghy is my kind of boat. One person can row it and it's good on flat water. Calm water has really great reflections.

Painting water fascinates my students. Recently, we worked specifically on painting reflections of boats. One poor quality, small photograph was morphed it into a dozen different boats in a dozen seas. This week’s painting is one of my efforts. I am as captivated by reflections as anyone.

This is an 11”x 8”. watercolor called “The Pequod” (that was Captain Ahab’s boat in Moby Dick if you can’t remember why the name’s familiar). This painting is for sale for $100.00. Please contact mary@marygreggbyrne.com  for purchase or further information.

Always take a lifesaver  with you. (I prefer mine male, 6' plus.)

Salvaged

June 23 - 29    Week 25, 2008

"You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.”
           Ilya Ehrenburg

My friend Gary loves flowers and knows a lot about them. He works for a landscape company. Often, their jobs involve tearing out everything before building and replanting. Gary is sometimes able to salvage the old plants.

He gave me the corms for these irises one fall, not knowing what they looked like or if the plants would survive their trauma. That was three years ago. Now they are doing well enough to be dug this fall, divided and moved to
a permanent homes.

Nice save.

This weeks painting is a watercolor 10" x 7".  I liked the contrast between the delicate,
pale lavender flowers and the bright, warm colored vase. The painting is titled Antique Iris. 

Lets keep our eyes out for good stuff people are throwing away.