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Crows Enjoying the Sunset
Sometimes, the view to the east as the sun sets is spectacular, especially on cloudy evenings. I know I was projecting, but it seemed to me that the crows were delighting in it.
Posted in Landscape
Tagged #San Diego State University, California, Crows, Gouache, San Diego, Sunset
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In the Mediterranean Garden
My cousin, who is a superb artist, is in town for a few days. We went up to the college today and spent the day painting there. In the morning, we stood at our easels by the edge of the … Continue reading
Posted in Figures, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged #San Diego State University, Gouache, Mediterranean Garden, San Diego
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Exuberance!
I walked up to the college campus to make some quick sketches. Spring is in full bloom, the pandemic is receding, and the campus is regaining its previous energy. I like this sketch of two people laughing together because it … Continue reading
Reading Outside in the Age of Coronavirus
After a week of rain, our typically gorgeous San Diego weather has returned. We walked up to the college prepared to linger a little longer than the usual brisk walk allowed under the sheltering-in-place guidelines. My husband had his book, … Continue reading
Posted in Figures
Tagged #San Diego State University, Coronavirus, Gouache, San Diego, Sheltering in Place
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And on the 19th Day I Painted Some More
This is the same composition as yesterday’s sketch. I liked it, but wanted to see what it might look like if I painted on a black surface. There is something about black irregular spaces between the objects in a painting … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged #San Diego State University, Acrylic, California, Coronavirus, San Diego, Sheltering in Place
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View at the College on the 18th Day
We have been walking a lot up at the college. The grounds are open but, with the quarantine, next to nobody is there, an unusual occurrence at a university of 35,000 students. Our skies have been cloudy and windy with … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged #San Diego State University, Acrylic, California, Coronavirus, San Diego, Sheltering in Place
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A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, the author of the Pentagon Papers, spoke at San Diego State University this evening and I was in the audience. He talked for two hours about the danger of government keeping information from its citizens, and of … Continue reading
Posted in Telling a Story
Tagged #San Diego State University, Brown Paper, Daniel Ellsberg, Mark Wheeler, Marker
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