My Forever Valentine
My husband drew this beautiful silhouette of two loons creating a heart shape. This pen & ink drawing is my forever Valentine titled “LOONS IN EQUILIBRIUM” by Steven E. Counsell. Art Prints $25 – 150 Click on image to Buy Art Print
Read MoreThe 3 Minute Art Salon
The 3 Minute Art Salon Art becomes more than just a pretty picture. Black Swan Edition Art images show superb technique, masterly composition, and psychological insight to bring you a moment of reflection. We present “Art drawn from the well of myth.”
Read MoreHalloween Skeleton Tea Time ??
Halloween Skeleton Tea Time ?? We and other neighbors are enjoying this Halloween skeleton party on a little alley in Santa Fe NM. Notice the playful pets skeletons.
Read MoreRemember when masks were FUN??
Let’s wear FUN masks again…..remember when … ?? “…Amid the amazements of play, I attend , in my mind, Carnival and Mardi Gras, live the Circus, concealed in powders and paint for pinking my ashen cheek. I learned to wear ceremonial masks…” Poetic excerpt from Art Book, ILLUMINATIONS The Geography of the Imagination, by Steven E.…
Read MoreWhat Do You See?
The parody of two masks for the same face and both inescapable! The trick of being content with the skin we have is worthy of a Buddha. Youth wants to grow into its destiny, and old age wants to remember its. There is no way to fully recall what we were, or fully believe what…
Read MoreCan we eat a miracle?
Can we eat a Miracle? If you really look at a strawberry, its vibrant color, its logarithmic dynamic of tiny seeds, the Archimedean cone shape of its form. How can you eat it? You simply turn off the miraculous switch, start pedestrian knob, and hey PRESTO it’s ordinary food for the hungry. We neve have…
Read MoreHow Do Houses Live?
How Do Houses Live? A storm is easier to weather under a roof and the sturdy walls beneath it. Space can only be measured in a room with a floor below and a ceiling above. A house is the mind of its owner made visible. Every stitch of clothing, stick of furniture, every book and…
Read MoreCan angels fly?
Can Angels Fly? Objects without gravity live in space, or the dream of space in the mind. Haven’t we all wanted to float free of limits. Move through a medium like fish or finches? In art I have tried not to let gravity interfere with my perception. Simone Weil wrote a book called GRAVITY AND…
Read MoreAre Storms in You?
Are Storms in You? The neurons firing in a brain resemble lightning firing in a storm. Storms think and minds rain in a preamble to growth. Living in New Mexico I take delight in being in one of the most spectacular places in the nation for thunderstorms; where more people per-capita are struck by lightning…
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