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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind: Full Moon at Midnight
    • Eggplant Harvest
    • Tomatoes & Wisteria Entwined
    • Waterfall
    • Night at Marymere Falls
    • The Frog Poet
    • Eagle's Pride
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
  • Paintings 2
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Bats' Lunar Playground
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • Chickadee in the Snow
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Raven's Forest
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • Crow on a Snowy Branch
    • Running the Waves
    • The Guardian
    • Skagit Scene
    • Dream Birds
    • Curious Crow
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Cats United
  • Paintings 4
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind V: Winter's Cool
    • When the Salmon Run
    • Autumn Deer
    • As Autumn Approaches
    • Echizen Crows
    • The Spirit of Fallen Camellias
    • Temple Hawk
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
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    • Paintings 5 >
      • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
      • Hot Otter Love
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Hawk on a Pine 1
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
    • Peacock Sconces
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  • Trees IV
  • Wagara Mountain
  • Heron Dream
  • Raven-White to Black
  • Anna's Home
  • Crows Know All
  • Solitary Seal
  • Falcon II
  • Northern Flicker II
  • Chickadees Among the Horsetails
  • Blue Heron
  • I Hear Geese Calling
  • Calling All Frogs
  • Octopus Vision
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LUCIA'S MAPLE
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME

SUMMER 2014
     Leigh and I really enjoy our morning walks around La Conner.  Lately we have loved looking up into the Bigleaf Maples along our walk and seeing the contrasting green colors of the leaves.  Some leaves are highlighted by the sun while others hide in the shade.  The light green and golden winged-seeds hanging in clusters beneath the leaves really add to the overall beauty of the view.  Looking up at the patchwork of greens reminded me of a beautiful carved and painted box designed by Lucia Mathews and made by the Furniture Shop (see Wendy Kaplan, The Art That Is Life, ©1987, page 20).  The design on the top of the box is a multicolored array of poppies that I love.  I also was inspired by her painted 4-panel folding screen showing what appear to be magnolia flowers and leaves (see Kenneth R. Trapp, The Arts & Crafts Movement in California, ©1993, page 8).  Mathews’s bright colors are well-suited for California but our colors tend to be dominated by greens and grays.  Thus, I will dedicate this small painting to her.  I made the frame out of red oak using pegged, hand-joined, mortise-and-tenon construction methods.  I used the Japanese technique (shou-sugi-ban) of charring and oiling the oak to finish the frame.

DIMENSIONS:          HEIGHT:  18 inches
                                  WIDTH:  10 ¼ inches

                                                               PRICE $275

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​         Gary Giovane

              La Conner, WA
              gioart13@yahoo.com

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