Tuesday, August 26, 2014

the Matterhorn il Cervino 2014



 the crag at Voltourneche in Italy

 The Matterhorn, il Cervino from Cervinia, the first view of the mountain in the evening
 the first refuggio above Cervinia



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 the Abuzzi "hut" with apple strudel


 Cam climbing above the little village


Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Mojave Desert Insects Writing and Art




 Dried pomegranates at the Lytle Preserve in southern Utah, John Bennion teaching while standing in a stream, and the trilobites we could not find in the limestone. 6 weeks studying insects, writing about it, and painting.

 Insect drawing, this is hymenoptera

 drawing at the petroglyphs near Santa Clara
 The ancient mandala, the ancient animal, the ancient hill in the rising sun

 The apricot orchard where we liked to paint in the morning

 The desert lilies




 painting class
 Insect collections


 The Sumo Wall at Welcome Springs,
ancient cambrian limestone, sharp as daggers, rising out of the junipers and barrel cactus.
 painting of the bluff


 The painting in the apricot orchard
T he tarantula hawk, a wasp, hymenoptera (Alice)
and a painting of Ben's Bluff
 Beach Party Wednesday, devoted to catching bugs, poetry, naked stories, and watching the galaxy.

 Hadley's ladder painting
 Still life in the middle of the road