Nursery meanderings

Wells Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Wells Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Planet (Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA)

Five (Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA)

Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Mappa Mundi (Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA)

Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Christiansen Nursery, Mt Vernon WA

Old Goat Nursery, Orting WA

Gardenlife

Garden, Yarrow Point WA

Pond, Yarrow Point WA

Mailbox, Christiansen nursery, Skagit Valley WA

Birdbath, Christiansen Nursery, Skagit Valley WA

Greenhouse wall, Christianson Nursery, Skagit Valley WA

Gabion, Old Goat Nursery, Orting WA

Ross Brown sculpture, Old Goat Nursery, Orting WA

2017 retrospect

Here are a few unpublished pieces from the past year...

Poison: January, Portland OR

Cold: February: Portland OR

Resort: March: Winlock WA

Last ice: April: Bellevue WA

Spit: June: Whiskey Creek WA

Pumpless: July:  Pe Ell WA

Eclipse shadows: August: Bellevue WA

Dairy: September: Skagit Valley WA

Pond: October: Portland OR

Crashpad: November: Salton Sea CA

Patchwork: December: Chehalis WA

Gardenlife 1

Shades of Gray at the Huntington

Oasis

Oakland 2014

Shroud of Factoria

The local P-patch continues to grow (spring being what it is), but April weather is also what it is: notoriously fickle. So the young plants must be swathed in cloth to keep the frost off. A perfect example of the beauty of a bit of blankness. Again I took the liberty of punching these shots up with a little watercolor effect.

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Seven Plots

The local community garden is just about ready for the year's first planting. I love the elements of these spaces before they get populated by flowers and vegetables. I gave these a painterly treatment to emphasize the blocks of color, texture, and shape. Otherwise they run the danger of looking like a bunch of snapshots of plywood and dirt, bricks and plastic.