BlogHide Resteemsjmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 15 hours agosteemCreated with Sketch.Flowers on a Window SillFlowers on a Window Sill, Breganzona – Watercolor – 10.5 x 18 inches. Painting dreams is a meditation that brings joy: I mean, brushing pasty, colored stuff on a piece of paper or fabric with your…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 6 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Playing PétanquePlaying Pétanque – Oil on canvas – 24 x 32 inches. If I wrote well enough to write a poem, I would write a poem about Playing. On summer afternoons in the south of France, the Mediterranean hardly…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 15 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Roman WomanThe Roman Woman – Oil on paper – 8.5 x 11 inches. Many men, especially American men, don’t realize that we Italian women love to be looked at. This is true in Rome, true in the Trastevere…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 29 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Defense of the SampoThe Defense of the Sampo - Tempera on canvas - 48 x 49 inches. In my last post I wrote about the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic and about Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), one of the poem's…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Gods of GravityGods of Gravity: Sketch - ink, watermedia - 7.5 x 11 inches. “The Kalevala” is Finland’s national epic poem. It unfolds in a harsh and beautiful landscape of dense green forests and snow-covered…resteemedsteemitbloggers (72)in hive-185836 • last monthTHE BLOG SPOTLIGHT - Sharing GREAT Steemit Posts! (27th August 2024)HAPPY TUESDAY CREATIVES! Ready to dive into the good stuff? We've combed through the wild world of Steemit and stumbled upon some real gems. Get ready to step into the minds and lives of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Cala SaonaCala Saona, Formentera, Spain - Watercolor, pencil, ink - 5 x 8 inches. When you draw or paint in public, people become curious. Whether working in a café, or in a waiting room at an airport, or…resteemedsteemitbloggers (72)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoTHE BLOG SPOTLIGHT - Sharing GREAT Steemit Posts! (12th August 2024)HAPPY MONDAY CREATIVES! Ready to dive into the good stuff? We've combed through the wild world of Steemit and stumbled upon some real gems. Get ready to step into the minds and lives of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Knives and PanpiesKnives and Panpipes – Water-media, pencil, ink – 8 x 11 inches. Spain is the noisiest country I have ever lived in. Without a doubt, Valencia is its loudest city. The din of traffic, sirens, car…resteemedtheluvbug (71)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoLuvBug Blog Curation ❤️ 3rd August 2024 ❤️❤️ GREETINGS LOVELIES! ❤️ Ready to dive into the good stuff? We've combed through the wild world of Steemit and stumbled upon some real gems. Get ready to step into the minds and lives of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Heaven is in MontanaPatrick - Oil on canvas - 28 x 34 inches. Of the six brothers, Patrick is the one who most loved fishing. We others did too, but not as whole-heartedly. Our childhood home was only two short…resteemedtheluvbug (71)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoLuvBug Blog Curation ❤️ 24th July 2024 ❤️❤️ GREETINGS LOVELIES! ❤️ Ready to dive into the good stuff? We've combed through the wild world of Steemit and stumbled upon some real gems. Get ready to step into the minds and lives of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Havana DaydreamingHavana Daydreaming 1 - Watercolor, ink, - 8 x 10.5 inches. The cab driver at the airport in Havana was confused when I asked him to drive us to O'Reilly Street. My Spanish is pretty good, so his…resteemedtheluvbug (71)in hive-185836 • 3 months agoLuvBug Blog Curation ❤️ 12th July 2024 ❤️❤️ GREETINGS LOVELIES! ❤️ Ready to dive into the good stuff? We've combed through the wild world of Steemit and stumbled upon some real gems. Get ready to step into the minds and lives of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Inspiration and the TideThe Tide – Oil on canvas – 26 x 32 inches. In her Nobel Lecture after winning the Prize for Literature in 1996, the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska explained how difficult it was to answer…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 3 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.A MigrantA Migrant - Acrylic on canvas - 23 x 32 inches. Jennie Doherty was 30 years old when she sailed out of Belfast Harbor in 1914. She left her mother and father and a few sisters and brothers in…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 4 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Two Portraits, Both SlantTexas Truck - Acrylic on paper - 11 x 17 inches. "Tell all the truth," wrote Emily Dickinson, "but tell it slant." Among many things to love in her poems is the lightness of her spirit. Of…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 4 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.The War of All Against AllNineteen Seventy – Acrylic on canvas – 36 x 66 inches. Every Day The President Ignores A Sign From God The president puts a hand Upon the shoulder of god And whispers, “You don’t…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 5 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Mistaken IdentitiesDawn Fields - Acrylic on canvas - 32 x 48 inches. Thanks to films and television, many people I encounter during my travels outside of the United States are surprised to learn that California is…jmkartworks (65)in hive-185836 • 5 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.A PassengerA Passenger: Sketchbook Page – Pencil, watercolor, collage – 8.5 x 11 inches. A flight between Sacramento and Seattle normally takes about two hours, so there was enough time to draw a fairly…