Apr 8, 2020 | Grateful Joy in the Garden, Musical Immersion, Videos
This video montage created by Peter, Jill and their son Philip, reveals the beauty and holiness of their garden as seen through paintings in Peter’s studio.
Nov 21, 2019 | Grateful Joy in the Garden, Peter's Musings, Photography as Art
Lewis Carroll’s Alice ends up on and in a chessboard, making a journey as a pawn to become a queen at the far end. At one point she sees the palace gardeners painting the white roses red, to please the Red Queen. So my question is, “why paint a garden at all?” Pause....
Nov 20, 2019 | Grateful Joy in the Garden, Peter's Musings, Photography as Art
Here’s the nitty-gritty if you will. To maintain any “garden” in Florida is a huge challenge for several reasons. Mostly we are on sand over limestone to begin with. Second, there are periods of drought as well as flooding. Thirdly, we go from high temperatures to...
Aug 5, 2019 | Grateful Joy in the Garden
I might as well post this before the neighbors find out. Yes, the statues in the garden are finally doing improvisational theatre in broad daylight. I always suspected something was going on at night, while I was sleeping, but now I know what the score is. It’s...
Feb 1, 2017 | Grateful Joy in the Garden, Photography as Art
In this post, I include some recent work with readily cognized visual influences. See, for example, how the Flemish painter Watteau sketched and painted a lute player in the early 18th century. Then look at the hand carved antique stone statue in the studio garden...
Jan 24, 2017 | Grateful Joy in the Garden, Happiness of Family Environments
OK. It was a dark and stormy night, right? Well, in three months since the end of October, it has only rained twice rather lightly, with only one lightning bolt. But the LED mini floods that replaced the quartz lights for the garden enhance the surreal atmosphere. I...
May 11, 2016 | Grateful Joy in the Garden
It has been said that Louis XIV once said of architecture (think Versailles) that no heating or air conditioning (not an option then) was as important as symmetry. Remember, comfort was at a premium anyway, as no one could actually sit down in the presence of the...
Jan 29, 2016 | Down South Tampa, Grateful Joy in the Garden
As I looked out from the studio this morning, I saw (gasp) color in the trees! Fall has come to Florida at last. Only four months later than down east, and ever so subtle, with a very restricted color range. However, the live oak leaves have begun falling, letting in...
