Month: February 2019

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So Much Depends Upon

A Little Red Wagon 12″ x 16″ oil
So much depends upon A red wheel barrow Glazed with rain water Beside the white chickens.  -William Carlos Williams    
     As the weather warms not so gently here in Austin, wheelbarrows are, indeed, important articles for moving piles of compost and leaf mulch to prepare new garden beds. Time to get planting! 
     Painting and growing are so connected in Arnica's work. Each is a labor of love. Each hopes to produce a beautiful final product. In both cases, the result is far from certain, and takes hard work and dedication to the effort.
     Time for a last little vacation before the real work of springtime comes on, Arnica Grace will soon leave on a journey of fun and hopefully some self-discovery. Maybe a caribbean cruise will shake the dust off the ol' girl. Cheers!

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For those who know I garden…

I love to grow stuff. Especially veggies. These are the weirdest beets I have ever grown. So I can’t imagine what a real farmer would feel if they had planted a crop from a seed source and found that something entirely different, and also quite unmarketable, resulted from the planting.

So far, I sent an email to the seed company asking what they thought should be done. I grew a bed 50 feet long by 2.5 feet wide of these things. My compost pile will be huge and my vegetable refrigerator not so full.

Still, they are kind of interesting looking. Thought you all might want to see my weird hybrid beets. I like the stripes.

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Fish House Blues

Sketch nearly complete!

This week Arnica Grace found that foggy days interfere with mural making. To make the most of the limited sunshine, we found Arnica ducking under cover between scattered showers.

“If I paint a little every day, it will get done,” said Arnica optimistically when we caught her hiding from a storm cloud under the barbecue umbrella at Beachgate Condosuites and Hotel. So far, the fish house image is coming along, and the big blue fish are looking like a swimmingly good catch.