When can we get OUT?

Equipoise

We are ready to get OUT. This young woman is patiently thinking in her library with a vast landscape outside her window. This pen & ink drawing by Steven E. Counsell is titled EQUIPOISE.  This original work and poem,  and many more, are in his book titled ILLUMINATIONS THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION with Black…

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My Forever Valentine

Loons in Equilibrium

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  

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The 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.”      

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Halloween Skeleton Tea Time ??

skeletons 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.

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Remember when masks were FUN??

visionary theater masks displayed backstage

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.…

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What Do You See?

ADAM, painting by Steven E. Counsell

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…

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Can we eat a miracle?

RIPE, painting detail, by Steven E. Counsell

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…

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How 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…

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Can 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…

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