Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Grey and Green




"Colour is all around us, it is a very powerful and exciting part of our lives.  Everyone responds to colour.  Usually it is the first thing we notice when we look at an object or a scene: we react to the sensation of colour before we are fully aware of shapes and other qualities."  
--Alvaro Castagnet


Spring green has such a jewel-like quality to it!  The contrast of that green with the grey of an evening fog had me out roaming the landscape one more time before nightfall.


I found the horses grazing in the southeast sector of the preserve.  Only a few lifted their heads to appraise my approach...mostly I was completely ignored.  At that moment in time the drug of the emergent greenery held much more meaning for them than a possible caress from their friend, Lynne.  I felt drugged myself by the atmospherics...grey and green, the damp chill air, the sounds of eager eating and those lovely, lovely forms.




"Colours are living entities - as much as the wind, or flowers, or you and me.  Like fragrances, like music, colours can pierce the heart, expose the soul and uplift the spirit - such is the magical power of colour."
--Lynne Gerard


Grey & Green Abstract, watercolour







2 comments:

eva said...

I am intrigued by your seal. What does it mean? Did you carve it yourself in Jade stone?

Lynne Gerard said...

"I am intrigued by your seal. What does it mean? Did you carve it yourself in Jade stone?"

Eva, I'm working on an a new journal entry giving details about the seal. Hopefully I will have it completed in the next few hours.