A Friend

 

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a friend
what is it that makes 
you 
call them friend?
Exchanging sharing
unconditional
love
unconditional
trust
forgiveness
judgment.
Caring for them when
they are in danger.
It is the space you give them to be 
themselves 
it is the
enjoying every moment of who they are.
It is the laughter you share
together
and the tears,
It is the knowing 
what they are going to say before they say it.
It is these many things that make you call someone a friend.
But most of all
it is the sharing of each other’s
lives
and trusting
caring.

“Zephyr Winds” Selected as Finalist

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“Zephyr Wind” 16x16 Various watercolors on 300# Arches paper

Christine Alfery’s work “Zephyr Winds”  was selected as a finalist in the International Splash 25: Best of Watercolor, a ArtistNetwork publication. 

Christine’s Statement for Splash 25.

break of day
a zephyr wind
bringing morning light
and early spring breezes.
I feel its gentle caress
I breathe deeply
contently
and say to myself, it is
great to be alive.

Watercolors are such a perfect match for me and who I am because watercolors are spontaneous and lend themselves very nicely to gestural brush strokes and instant gratification, like the prize in a McDonald's “Happy Meal.” 

My artwork is all about the earth, and the stories the earth keeps. Stories about an individual's journey throughout time and the footprints they have left for us to discover and learn from. Stories about their lives, and how they figured things out, and then in turn, how we figure and learn things out and carry them forward.

Prayers in the Wind

 

Featured image: Bird in the Air

bird songs floating 

prayers in the wind

reaching us

touching us

encouraging us

listen

The Rhythm of the Earth

 

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rhythm of

rhythm of
the earth
raindrops on windows
trees reaching to
drink from the
sky
waves in the
lake
supple branches of
weeping
willows
ripple with
the
rhythm of
the earth.

I have been absolutely fascinated...

 

I have been absolutely fascinated with the French philosopher Michael Foucault and the Surrealist painter Rene Magrittee.  These two men had a wonderful exchange about a work Magrittee painted called: This is Not A Pipe.

 I frequently return and reread the exchange because it is all about reality and just is reality.  A topic that has fascinated me before the movie “The Matrix” but when The Matrix made visible what philosopher’s have been debating for a long time and still are.

This morning I came across the writer Sol LeWill – I have come across is writing frequently but this little saying he wrote hit the nail on the head for me. 

Obviously a drawing of a person

Is not a real person, but the drawing

Of a line is a real line.

Abstraction

 

Featured image: White Road- A Creative's Journey

There must always be a beginning, and the beginning is quite abstract. Abstraction begins the journey to imagination and creativity. Imagination and Creativity lead to conceptualism and theory. 

Thus the journey begins.

Gypsy Accepted Into Exhibition

 

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I am incredibly honored that my work, "Gypsy," has been invited by jurors Chuck Rouse (AWS, NWS, WFWS, SDWS) and Keiko Tanabe (AWS, NWS, SDWS) to participate in the 15th Annual Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition at the Fallbrook Art Center in Fallbrook, California. The exhibition dates are from 3/3/24 to 3/31/24, with the Opening Reception scheduled for March 15th.