Noticing how the sun gently kisses and illuminates whatever it touches, has become a real fascination for me. So much so that I'm creating paintings and lesson plans for a series of watercolor classes in October.
Sunrises and sunsets are magical moments for catching glimpses of glory reflected. A few weeks ago I got up before sun rise and headed out with my little Sony point and shoot camera to capture the sun's rays on Indiana corn fields. As I waited on a mound of dirt that elevated me above the tops of the corn, I positioned myself for those first rays with great anticipation. I was rewarded with some wonderful photos for painting studies.
There was another early morning photo shoot in my little garden, as I watched the sun gently kiss and illuminate the zenias, the hostas, the morning glories and even my tomato plant leaves.
Of course, I have photos of sunsets on the Pacific and sunrises on the Atlantic from this summer - always dramatic.
From time to time I write haiku's to condense and express my thoughts about something. As I was swimming my laps in the pool, I wrote a haiku that I forgot to write down when I got home. But I did reconstruct another one.
Sun Kissed
Sun rise sun set glow
Gent ly kiss ing cre-a-tion
Re veal ing Glo ry.
So, here are some of the paintings I've enjoyed working on trying to capture the essence of the sun's kiss.
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| Sun Kissed Corn |
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| Sun Kissed Corn 2 |
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| Glorious Web |
Autumn Blaze
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| Salisbury Beach Sunrise |
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| Salisbury Beach Sunrise #2 in progress - trying to capture a bit more of the atmosphere I felt, not as dark as the first one, still in process |
