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High Desert Art

Objective

7/8/2020

*Raised Copper Figure* !4" L X 5 1/4" W Hangs Vertically Mounted On Rosewood

When
I Started
Out
In
The
Art
Game,
My
Aim
Was
To
Say,
Any
Way
I Could,
What
It
Felt
Like
To
Be
Me,
Woman
Number
One,
Easy
To
See.
Time
And
My
Mistakes,
Imaginings,
And
Various
Emotional
Quakes
Were
Not
Enough
To
Shake
My
Vision,
And
Every
Decision
Made
My
Ideas
Actual,
And
Honey,
That’s
Factual.

July Monday

7/6/2020

*Limes* 16" H X 20" W Oil On Linen

Sailing
Today
On
The
Kitchen
Ship,
To
Clean
Up
Every
Smudge
And
Drip.
The
Stove
Has
Gained
An
Oily
Sheen,
And
In
The
Micro
Is
Something
Green.
I Must
Confess
Disorder
And
A
General
Mess
Don’t
Trouble
Me
As
Once
They
Did.
I Would
Cheerfully
Be
Rid
Of
The
Mundane
Chore,
Which
Long
Ago
Became
A
Bore,
But
Dinner
Looms
And
I’ll
Return,
To
Roast
Some
Morsel
I May
Burn.
Sad
To
Say,
Every
Task
I Did
Today
Will
Tonight,
Be
Wiped
Away.

Divine

7/4/2020

*Shrine* Steel Assemblage Rosewood Base 13 5/8" L X 7 7/8" W X 6 1/2" H

You
Have
Your
Gods
And
I Have
Mine,
But
Everybody
Likes
A
Shrine.
Just
Choose
A
Likely
Place,
Make
It
A
Sacred
Space,
Erect
A
Shape,
Stand
Back
And
Gape.
Look
Long
Enough,
And
Find
A
Face,
Arms
Open
Wide,
Before
A
Gate
To
The
Great
Divide,
Where
Ancient
Spirits
Hide.
Come
Right
On
In,
And
Erase
Your
Human
Sin.

Thursday Morning

7/2/2020

Laughter
Over
Tea,
Sunlight
Piercing
The
Blue
Night.
Chaos
Is
All
Around,
But
I Have
This
Patch
Of
Ground,
And
Cherish
The
Blooms
Unfurled,
A
Precious
Garden
Between
Me
And
The
World.

Lullaby

6/30/2020

*Standing Mother And Child* 4 1/8" H X 3 3/8" W X 3"D * Pine Base

Forget
The
Day
And
Sleep.
The
Time
To
Weep
In
Futile
Sorrow
Will
Come
Tomorrow,
If
Weep
We
Must.
Leave
Loss
Aside
And
Ride
A
Dream
Of
Peace
And
Blessed
Rest,
Until
Once
More
Again
We
Rise
Above
Our
Pain.

Finished

6/28/2020

*Stone Angel* Carved Desert Alabaster 15 1/2" H 46 Pounds

It
Is
A
Thing
That
Must
Be
Done
Alone,
To
Find
The
Figure
Hidden
Within
The
Stone.
A
Solitary
Task,
Suited
Up
To
Take
The
Blast
Of
Dust,
In
Goggles
And
A
Must,
The
Tiresome
Respirator
To
Save
My
Lungs.
And
There
She
Was,
The
Humble
Torso
Unsung,
Unfinished,
And
Yet,
I Took
It
As
Far
As
I Could
Get.

Next

6/26/2020

*Picasso*

To
The
East,
Light
Thickens
As
If
Approaching
Night.
Nature
Has
Ways
To
Catch
Mankind’s
Attention,
Fires
And
Floods,
Not
To
Mention
Volcanoes
That
Spew,
Earthquakes
And
Now,
A
New
Disease
Has
Come
To
Call,
Aiming
To
Wipe
Out
One
And
All.
Presently,
A
Cloud
Of
Thick
Sahara
Sand
And
Dust
Is
Coming
To
Settle
In
A
Dismal
Crust,
To
Mix
Life
Up
Like
A
Stew,
And
There’s
Absolutely
Nothing
We
Can
Do.

Ripe

6/24/2020

*Black Friar Plums* 16" H X 20" W Acrylic On Canvas

A
Pitiless
Division,
Knife
Cut
With
Precision,
Divides
The
Perfect
Fruit.
The
Pale
Meat
Is
Firm
And
Tartly
Sweet.
The
Seed,
A
Flattened,
Nutlike
Thing,
Does
Not
Cling,
And
Holding
It
Over
A
Cup,
I Eat
It
Up.

Becoming

6/22/2020

*Reclining Nude* 16" H X 20" W Oil On Linen

Defiant
Not
To
Be
Life’s
Client,
My
Impulse
Was
To
Be
Free,
Deny
Every
Confine
Of
Society
And
Make
It
Fit
My
Wily
Style.
For
Years
I Existed
On
A
Smile
And
A
Strong
Back
To
Make
Up
For
What
I Lacked.
Funny
How
I Was
Mistaken
About
The
Truth,
Trampled
Somewhere
In
My
Heedless
Youth,
But
Now
I Can
See
I Painted
The
Timeless
Secrets
Into
The
Present
Me.

Chronicle

6/20/2020

*Family 2* Brass, Steel & Bronze *Walnut Base* 9 3/8" H

The
Salary,
Whereof
Was
But
Small,
I Quit
The
Bank
And
Left
It
All,
To
Marry
And
Domesticate
With
A
Headlong,
Reckless,
Mate,
An
Irish
Dreamer
Full
Of
Charm,
And
On
His
Arm
Crashed
Into
Life,
Myself
As
Wife.
Soon
Joined
By
A
Perfectly
Wild,
Precious
Child,
We
Did
Our
Level
Best,
And
Well,
You
Know
The
Rest.