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One Family – Screen Door
Jamie Wyeth (son of Andrew) added windows and doors to his paintings, in this case to memorialize his friend Andy Warhol holding his dog Archie. Three generations, three approaches to painting, one family.
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One Family – Turkey Pond
Andrew Wyeth (son of N.C.) painted grassy fields and enigmatic characters in the 1940’s and 50’s.
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One Family – Wash Day
Artist N.C. Wyeth portrays a fisherman’s wife at work in 1934. Rockland’s Farnsworth Museum is renowned for its collection of works by the artistic Wyeth Family.
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Heading Out
Leaving Rockland, Maine’s harbor, a sailboat passes a lighthouse on the end of a breakwater. The morning sun burned off the clouds for a beautiful day in this charming harbor town.
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Bright Water
Sailing along the coast of Maine on the first day of our September cruise around New England and Canada’s Maritime provinces.
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Dinner Time
The grassy lawn outside Saint George’s School attracts deer in the evening to manicure the grass between mowings.
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Mars
As the roiling reds of this intense sunset filled the sky, I found myself in front of this aluminum tower, striding across the horizon like the proverbial God of War.
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Yellow Sky
As a particularly vivid sunset advanced, I found a viewpoint that placed it just above a power pole like a halo.
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Textures
Flowers offer a pastel contrast to the gnarled bark of a massive cottonwood on the campus of Saint George’s School.
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Evening Light
Look toward the setting sun, and even ordinary weeds take on a luminous glow.
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Sunset
Driving along High Drive on Spokane’s South Hill on July 8th, I pulled over to admire the sunset. A joined a small group of other watchers, individually and in pairs, who were transfixed by the intense reds that smoke and sun can create for a few, wonderful minutes.
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Reflections
Growing up, I spent a month each summer on the Oregon Coast in the scenic little town of Oceanside. Returning this spring, I enjoyed a morning walk on the beach beyond Maxwell Point where the rocks that used to be part of the shore’s receding cliffs are now wading into the surf.
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Color of Spring
Arrowleaf balsamroot is a rather pedestrian name for the showiest native wildflower around Spokane. It’s bright orange-yellow blooms cover the ground during late April and early May, especially under a canopy of Ponderosa pines or on sun-warmed hillsides.
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The Power Source
I live close to high-tension power lines that march across the Spokane River valley. On a night like this (May 10th), the Northern Lights offer an alternative source of power from solar flares that competes visually with the metallic, man-made towers that we all rely on for light and heat.
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The Heavens Declare
May 10th was a remarkable night. At first the Aurora was just a faint whitish blur in the sky, but then it expanded and pulsated in ever-changing patterns. The colors in this photo were only barely visible to the eye, but a four-second exposure on my phone’s camera brought them to life.
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Having New Eyes
“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Driving home along Rutter Parkway on March 5th, I stopped at the Painted Rocks parking lot to get some photos of the dramatic sunset. Passing a large mud puddle, I turned around and saw this view.
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