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| a borrowed studio cat, cozy by the fire |
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| we set the table in the Boyden studio for the day |
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| We spent friday in the Lincoln City tidal pools, one of Tom's favorite activities |
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| The we went to the clam flats but the tide was still too high |
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| Tom & Daw dug anyway but had to come back later after dark with head lamps.. afer the tide went out |
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| They gathered plenty for our dinner of clams, garlic & pasta |
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| on the beach we read palms |
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| I brought some of my work up to the house to hang. it sure looks good on the white walls |
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| TRILLIUM is our preferred whole food store in Lincoln, Susan D'Amato & Diane Cook confer over herbs |
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| this is NOT us. i wish!... i want to ride a horse on the beach |
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| the small paintings on a white wall, zingo with Thanksgiving flowers |
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| Today I begin with words on paper, transition states of consciousness |
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| (footnote for Meg)sitting by the cozy fire reading the woodpile |
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| what i found interesting and din not burn |
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| I am transforming another dark Descansos painting. I needed another surface for the barnacle root piece. Tom will bring more boards from Matt when he drives out to the coast for Thanksgiving. |
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| ok so now it IS RAINING and the day begins with teh wood stove. I love it! |
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| today's table with text for intersections in my work, includes field notes, Kurt Fausch from his early work in japan , we saw his film River Web, it is excellent...newspaper i found in the wood bin, contains a manifesto by local HS kids about keeping Oregon's beaches public and being stewards, very moving words and expressions from the youth of the area, sketches of the Reflections program marsh site, Lalena Dolby on tractor, etc. rich, fertile ground for exploration |
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| waxing the Riverain Spirits today to complete that series, bundled conifers and such inserted in recessed boxes in panels, a sampling of things my hands collect as i walk each day, some from the farm, some from the forest, some from Cascade Head...cold wax |
 new samples, a bundled heart rock, a river tooth, good find by | |
| Fred Swanson on our forest hike, and yesterdays barncle with roots |
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| (12) 8" squares with recessed objects |
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| finished painting not yet waxed, Conversations at the River |
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| TRANSITION ZONE info for surfaces of paintings |
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| AT THE MOUTH OF THE ESTUARY |
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| the far side of the beach by the estuary |
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| surfer so close in the deep, turbulent water |
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| part of quartet with field notes intersecting imagery |
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| FRANK BOYDEN is always amusing, intros to Mari Hawkins, of Maine & Portland, OR(PNCA) & Galen Koch, newly arrived to Portland from my own Deer Isle(recent graduate of Skidmore College, here to study film and farm) |
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| Mari, Casey Judy, studio manager at OCAC and our own very stylish Rebecca Welti, former Alaska fisherman! |
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| Tom Sprenkle, my son, of Portland Or, and Casey |
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| THE RIVERAIN SPIRITS of the experimental forest, Fred Swanson & Sarah Greene are our scientist hosts, Kurt is also a scientist so we had a wonderful and informative day in the forest and at the estuary |
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| 6 more of the studies in progress which collectively i refer to as the RIVERAIN series |
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| the transformed painting which was dark, full of the oil spill. now it is light filled with bundled RIVERAIN spirits, the dot thing is some form of transition code thing. it's been going on for a while in my paintings, 24" square |
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| detail from one of the samples from the farm, bundled |
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| using screens that Tom burned for me in combination with paint, text,transfers, very fun. the white paper, full sheets, kind of intimidating! |
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| MJ Anderson & Julia D'Amario, master printer, in studio |
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| View from above.. estuary, salt marsh, Pacific, and coastal Oregon |
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| fellow resident Kurt Fausch, scientist, ecologist |
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| EACH OF US HAS A PURPOSE |
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| PART OF THE NATURE SAMPLES from the farm |
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| they are done, next i will wax them |
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| the RIVERAIN panel, 24" x 24" x 3" in progress |
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| goodnight Maine |
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