Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Mane

Shaggy Mane 4" x 6" graphite on hemp paper

With the rain comes magical things.

: :  Bree  : :

Is Someone Looking Back?

The lovely folks at the Seaview Manor have once again invited me to create the poster for this years'  holiday Bazaar. This unique event features about 30 local artisans offering handmade wares. There will be everything from clay buttons and body products to jewelry and handmade baskets. I will also be there, with my paintings available as framed art, greeting cards, and very possibly a calendar!

It can often be chilly here in October, so this little guy has pulled on a spider-silk cap and long-sleeved shirt dyed with elderberries. Red alder leaves curl up into a perfect boat shape as they drop to the ground in autumn. They come in handy for short trips out to gather bull kelp fronds. While out harvesting some of this seaweed one early evening, imagine his surprise to see someone looking back!

: : Bree : :

A page from my sketchbook

A flicker feather

 . . . a thing of splendor.

Mushroom . . .




Mushroom ~ watercolor 1" x 2"



-Bree

Barn Swallow



Barn Swallow  watercolor 2.75" x 2.75"



-Bree

Spring

watercolor  1.5" x 1"

-Bree

Letters D and E . . .

- Bree

The Reading Tree

Reading Tree watercolor and graphite
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With warm woolen stockings

and no one knocking . . .

Curled up to read

what more do you need?

-Bree

Astoria Sunday Market

My Folklings and I can be seen in person at the farmer's market and handcrafted fair that is the Astoria Sunday Market in Astoria, Oregon. My next market day is July 3, 2011. -Bree

In the Village Beyond the Wood . . .

In the village beyond the wood there lies a long-forgotten path. Near it flows the littlest of streams, and there I saw a sight so sweet.
Years and Dears watercolor/ink/graphite 8" x 10" (please click images to enlarge)

Here they have been for so long a time with their lives intertwined. Through ups and downs and all-arounds, here they stay . . . as forever they may.

-Bree

A Hat House

Hat House graphite 4" x 4" (click image to enlarge)

Thanks so much to all of you who came to the Astoria Sunday Market on Mother's Day and visited my booth. Your encouragement and kind words mean a great deal to me.

-Bree

Where Have All the Trees Gone?

acrylic on canvas 8"x24"

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It is unusual for me to paint with acrylics onto canvas, but here is one I quite like. I collected bits of paper that would otherwise have been thrown away during the third week of April 2009, and collaged the background with them. Then I layered in the homes, trees, and scrolls in acrylic paint. My love of trees has steadily grown since I moved to the coastal rain forest Living amongst trees here is two-sided: it is extraordinary to walk beneath them and hear and feel and see the life they are and the life they bring; then to see them, large and small, slashed and bound onto logging trucks headed for unknown and far off People purposes. I generally try to stay away from an agenda like this in my art, but I started thinking of this rhyme and couldn't get it out of my head until I painted it. The little tree on the left with all the leaves signifies new life, new hope.


In other happenings, I have been busily preparing for my first art/craft show booth! I am very excited and nervous. I will be having a space at the Astoria Sunday Market in Astoria, Oregon. It is a farmers market and art/craft show held downtown on Sundays, and runs throughout the summer months and just into the fall season. The first day of the market season this year is Mother's Day, May 9. I have a bit of new work that will be making an appearance there, will be posting them this week.