Moi

Capricorn (12/30)

SuperSanta and the Clowns

I have just returned from Santa Land where the End of the World scenario was met with much merriment.  The above photo is from a scene in a play starring (of course) Santa, and a couple of elves in clown costume heedlessly playing with matches near our Globe while Santa tries to cool things off with an ice pak. Sparing you the political nuance I will say the photo was incorporated into my Christmas Card this year.

Incidentally, why can't I find a ringtone for my phone that plays, "The-uh fi-irst No-o-ël the-e aangels did say...")

To those who thought the world would end
TODAY
Don't hitch your star to every trend
TODAY
for that's the way to sorrow

TODAY or TOMORROW.

i got me some Christmas...

In the Loft

Need a Hug?

Points of Interest

This is the first time I have succeeded in keeping a store-bought pointsettia alive from one Christmas to the next.  This one lived happily without much care on my tiny northwest-facing balcony, completely changing it's character from bushy leaved grandeur to homespun friendly: less leaves, more but smaller flowers and a cheerful acceptance of my offhand ways.  Yay!

Artman Decorating the Road Less Traveled

Que le Vaya Noel!

Life is Just a Bowl of...

Come On In!

Poetry Again

I saw The Life of Pi in 3D and there was a scene that made me think of this poem I wrote in 1954 in San Diego:

The Bay 

We swam in the bay

on one of the nights of the phosphorescence

stirring the cold fire around us

shaking the essence of prophets

in finger lightening

at the sky

And everywhere the frightened fish

appealed to comets

in the sign language of falling stars

Reentering the world

on finless feet we stood a while

in clammy underwear

watching the night taking shape

falling into place

around us

And suddenly we all got dressed

because the hungry light of human skin

cannot succumb to sorcery

*****

Now I would like to paint the poem!  (In those days there were flying fish seen off La Jolla Cove.)

The Angel of Childhood

by JorieO, age 6

Hang In There!

I'll be back!!!

Once While in Canada...

...and they lived happily ever after!

Like the couple on the left.

These Thy Gifts

AMEN!

Monday was Beachin'

Santa Clara Point, Mission Beach

In Front of The Green Flash,
Pacific Beach

When Fall 'Leaves'...

...it says "Hello!"
and leaves me no where else to go.

Boulevard Art

Still trying to be Fauve-ish painting my friend Jean and her little pal Frida as they were one day a couple of years ago at an art sale in Mission Hills.

Flight of the Witches

Walpurgisnacht

The Bar on the Corner

Fauve-ish Nudes

acrylic

8"x8"

8"x8"

Sketching in Old Town Again

Me and Matisse

Trying to "paint like the Fauves" is a fun way to get loose.  Not sure I'm finished with this painting yet.  Changed the color of the chair cushion three times already.

My BalconyWindow
(except for the ocean view!)

My Real Balcony

La Fenetre de Matisse

Fauve-ish Landscape

Homage a Vlaminck

...working from my sketch below a la Fauves on the left - voila!  I'm a Nouveau Fauve!

A La Dufy

Inkies

China

Guatemala

La Jolla