Apr 13, 2020 | Peter's Musings
Today was a day of dreary grey clouds and with the temperature around 52F all day, it was winter. I used colors right out of the can to finish a painting that had many unconscious references to Schoodic Point and Frenchman Bay. I needed color in the worst way to fight...
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.
Apr 7, 2020 | Peter's Musings
While much of the population is dealing with a world of social isolation and surreality, I go about the days much as usual. As an artist, write and now, composer, I really spend most hours alone, usually with my faithful Great Dane Montague. None of what I do is...
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...