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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • I Heard a Loon Calling
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Hiding in the Tall Grass
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Enduring Pine
    • When the Wisteria Blooms
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Weasel Mania
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
    • On Eagle's Wings Ema
  • Paintings 2
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • With Hope and Hard Work
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Hop Hideaway
    • Windswept Pine Near the Shore
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • Life's Essence
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Tree of Life II
    • Raven's Forest
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • Autumn Friends
    • Maple Leaves in the Stream
    • Plum & Full Moon in Spring
    • Chickadee in the Quince
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Bluebird & Bamboo
    • Capercaillies Under Scots Pines
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Cats United
    • Serizawa's Kimono
  • Paintings 4
    • Hummingbird & Fuchsia 4
    • Blood Moon in January
    • Yellow Flags by the Pond
    • Falling Leaves--Washed Away
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Two Eagles Entwined
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
    • Hot Otter Love
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    • Paintings 5 >
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Hops & Butterflies
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Skagit Valley Chest
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
    • Peacock Sconces
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  • Ginkgos & Waxwings
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  • Eagle's Pride
  • Curious Crow
  • Goldfinch & Thistles
  • Nuthatches' Pine Home
  • The Frog Poet
  • Kingfisher on a Branch
  • Chickadee in Snow
  • Dogs of the Sea
PLUM BLOSSOMS IN SPRING
 ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/ RED OAK FRAME
(WINTER 2014)
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     A sure sign that spring is on the way is when our friend Jim prunes his trees, providing plum cuttings for the neighborhood.  There is nothing quite like plum blossoms blooming in a vase on the table.  The warmth of the room and the water prompts the cuttings to produce their beautiful blossoms.  I was inspired by the blooming stems to paint this picture to celebrate the start of spring.  For my design I drew inspiration from Hiroshige’s Plum Garden at Kameido (see Ukiyo-e; 250 Years of Japanese Art, by Roni Neuer, Herbert Libertson, and Susugu Yoshida ,©1979, page 319).  The young woman represents spring and was inspired by both Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Roy Vickers.  I love the women Margaret Mackintosh designed and her painted gesso panel Opera of the Sea (see Art Nouveau: From Mackintosh to Liberty, by Victor Arwas , ©2000, page 69)  was particularly helpful.  Art Nouveau celebrated the “cult of hair” and this is reflected in the hair I designed for “Spring”.  Roy Vickers’s John 15:13, Hebrews 9:28, showing a portrait of Christ, was the inspiration for her hair (see Northwest Coast Indian Graphics: An Introduction to Silk Screen Prints by Edwin S. Hall, Jr., Margaret B. Blackman & Vincent Rickard, ©1981, page 96).  The stylized background body of “Spring” is meant to be symbolic of a vase.  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:  31 1/2 inches
                           WIDTH:   10 1/2 inches

                               PRICE $350


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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh Opera of the Sea
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Hiroshige’s Plum Garden at Kameido
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Roy Vickers’s John 15:13, Hebrews 9:28
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