to gather ...

I found an unusual piece of bark 

to me it looked just like a squirrel :-)

It even had this quirky little piece sticking out at the bottom resembling a foot

It didn't take much to bring him into existence … a little eye, and sweet ear detail,

a  light wash over the bark with 'storm cloud grey'

& a  little white added to the grey to make his tail bushy & there he is 

bringing a smile to my face (and I hope to yours too)! 

"I have made a great discovery...

In my paintings it is not the objects that matter to me

but what is between them: it is this "in -between" that is the real subject of my pictures.

When one reaches this state of harmony between things and one's self, one reaches … 

a state of perfect freedom and peace - which makes everything possible and right.

Life then becomes a perpetual revelation"

~George Braque~ 

'Silly girl'

the old lady smiled

'your different was your beautiful all along'

~Atticus~ 

"Normality is a paved road,

it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow"

~Vincent Van Gogh~ 

"this is the power of gathering:

it inspires us -

 delightfully-

 to be more hopeful,

joyful,

 more thoughtful,

in a word,

more alive"

~Alive Waters~