32 x 48″ Acrylic on Wood
The Mountain Range painting is finished! I opted to keep the wood grain peeking through as it was really interesting to me. I’m hoping the guys in the research and development lab will feel the same.
32 x 48″ Acrylic on Wood
Work in Progress, 32 x 48″, Acrylic on wood
9 x 12″ ink and watercolor on paper
They swim
Surrounded by the water
To no destination
In particular
Because stopping would mean
They might
Sink
Day 362, 10 x 10″ pierced paper and acrylic on canvas
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Roots hold tight to
Dirt below
Streams of water
Blur
Reality to a soft hue
Day 361, 10 x 10″ acrylic on canvas
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
They sit on patios to lounge – coffee in hand, sunglasses on
Smiles reflect an appreciation
Of sun’s longer hours
Light bathes them as they chat
The only discomfort – if it can be called that
Are bare legs that stick
To chairs warmed by the spring
Day 342, 5 x 5″ pierced paper and watercolor
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Somewhere in a world within a world, within a world, there lies living morphing things. They expand and contract and grow and multiply. Imaginary only in that we can not see their daily routines and interactions.
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Tall metal torsos
Reach
Up to the sky
Bulbs for heads
Large tin hats to shield the midday sun
Day 305: 12 x 28″ Acrylic and ink on canvas
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Life abounds
With here and there
A gaggle of jugglers
A three ring circus
A herd of elephants
Running wildly
While a ringmaster searches for his suspenders
As the show goes on
Day 292 Watercolor and pinholes on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
A amazingly talented poet friend of mine emailed me her latest work yesterday. It was lovely. One portion of the poem in particular, conjured up images of trees being cleared. I wanted to try to translate the imagery to a pinhole piece.
I am really pleased with the simple, delicate image that resulted.
Day 287 Coffee, watercolor and pinholes in paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
My recent obsession with exploring pierced paper led me to create day 287’s piece. I was aiming to render something cell-like with an abstract bent to it. As I worked on the piece, I turned on Radiolab, a podcast that has been playing in the background for me quite a bit recently. The show I was listening to focused on speed. As they started in on the 3rd or 4th segment of the show (about 45 minutes in), I became completely floored. A scientist named LeneVestergaard had slowed light to 15 mph in a new form of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate. I began to imagine atoms of light slowing down right in front of me and could only imagine how absolutely crazy that might be.
Inspired by the story I continued creating, incorporated some color and wondered how long science fiction will stay fiction.
Side note: My dad is sure to say that my idea to add coffee as a means of painting this piece had to have come from an accidental spill. Such an assumption is not out of the question – I have turned more than one spill into a happy accident in my day. This though, dad, is not one of those times.
This piece is available for purchase here
Day 270: Trails 3 x 5″ ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Yesterday brought beautiful weather to Fort Collins. I’d go so far to say it was downright spring-like, so the boyfriend and I decided to get out and enjoy some trail jogging. The very tiny hills that we ran wore me out a bit more than I’d like to admit – especially considering the, also, very short distance we ran, but it was fabulous!
The rest of the day was not too shabby either. We checked out a new brewery, enjoyed lunch with a friend and biked our way to a basketball game.
The game was jam-packed and one overly enthusiastic fan got thrown out. I guess the guy was being obnoxious and confrontational – apparently ready to fight. It’s funny to me that fans can get so wrapped up in a game, of which they have absolutely no control over, and that really has no bearing on their life, to the point that they are ready to fight. We are strange creatures, we humans.
Day 270: Confrontation While Bystanders Observe Curiously 3 x 5″ ink and watercolor on paper
Micah Richardson 