Greta’s Path
On Life’s Path
Focus
Focus of the Cat Hunting
I do my best work when I maintain the focus of the cat hunting. Never let your sight stray from the goal…
Winter Depths
Little Bird Heart
Joy Birds
Harbingers of Joy
Like harbingers of joy
they sat and watched
No birds sang
as I contemplated my path
Inscrutable Scrutiny
Eyes of the Raptor
Hawk or Eagle
Raptors alike
My heart beats
like a mother drum
in the shadow
of the inscrutable
scrutiny
Oil pastel and ink drawing.
I love working in these media as there is such depth to the color and the layers of richness. Also, the detail possible can be stunning. I was first introduced to them when scrutinizing the work of Susan Boulet. They seem to have been her most favored media. I find myself lapsing into their use every now and again, and honoring her Shaman Spirit with my own.
Hearts
She Wore Her Hearts
She wore hearts upon her sleeve, more on her left than on her right. There were more closer to her own heart than not.
This drawing comes from my sketchbook. It is relaxing to me to just allow individuals to appear, and get lost in playing with dots and lines. When I work with a live model, I prefer to use a fine point pen of some kind. There is something soothing about making a decision and living with it, right or wrong. The commitment of it. The challenge of figuring out a way to make it right if it doesn’t work.
There are always little discrepancies that remind me of human frailties and the beauty in the imperfectness of both nature and human.
