Tag: ocean

  • What the Water Gave: Jessica Pisano

    What the Water Gave: Jessica Pisano

    While Mr. F and I are camping in Yosemite, I’m resharing some posts you might have missed the first go ’round!  Enjoy!

    If there is one thing we learned during our time in the desert, it is that Mr. Forager & I are water people.  We need to see it, smell it, hear it.  Whatever form it make take, whether the ocean, the Puget Sound, a lake, or river, something about it is essential to us.  In her work, Rhode Island artist Jessica Pisano invites us into the sense of stillness and timelessness the water gives us.

    Watermark by Jessica Pisano
    Watermark, oil and silver leaf on panel, 60×48

    In water, there is such a delicate balance.  It’s presence, when contained, calms us, but when loosed, it can be an incredibly destructive force.  It is essential for growth and life, yet slowly erodes what is in its path.

    Fog Ascending by Jessica Pisano
    Fog Ascending, mixed media on panel, 36×36
    Fog on the Horizon No. 6 by Jessica Pisano
    Fog on the Horizon No. 6, oil and silver leaf on panel, 40×30
    Sea Legs by Jessica Pisano
    Sea Legs, oil and silver leaf on panel, 36×36

    Pisano works her water series in translucent layers, creating a depth that reminds us of how the waters overflow and overtake.

    Still Waters by Jessica Pisano
    Still Waters, oil and silver leaf on panel, 40×40

    If you’d like to see more of Jessica Pisano’s work, please visit her website.  You can see her work in person at a number of galleries in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as Stellers Gallery in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

    All images are via the artist’s website.

     

     

  • This Artsy Life: Weekend 12 [ Artsy & Mr. Forager Escape to the Sea ]

    This Artsy Life: Weekend 12 [ Artsy & Mr. Forager Escape to the Sea ]

    In case there was ever any doubt ( which there never really was ), Mr. Forager & I have determined we are not desert people.  Sure we can appreciate the wide open space, days and days of sunshine, and night skies full of stars.  But we’ve been here in Joshua Tree for five months and we miss blue water and tall green trees!  We’re getting antsy to bid farewell to desert life.  So we were more than happy to escape to San Diego this weekend to visit with friends and soak up some sea air..

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    [ ocean beach ]

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    [ we’ve missed you, pacific ]

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    [ a lil artsy ]

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    [ save us a seat right here ]

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    [ we’ll be back soon ]

    Aaaahhh.. that’s better.  Maybe these last few days will get us through to our next visit, and then we’ll hopefully be headed somewhere very green!  Want to see more of our artsy life?  Follow me on Instagram!

    All images by Artsy Forager.

  • Friday Faves: Water, Water Everywhere

    Friday Faves: Water, Water Everywhere

    .. and not a drop to swim in.  Well, without a wetsuit, at least here in Northern Idaho.  What is it about the water that calls to us, calms our senses, rejeuvenates?  These photographers might have a clue, as they’ve answered water’s siren song..

    Philippe Cheng
    Mertxe Alarcon
    Tulum by Neil Krug
    Wave Study I by Thomas Hager

    Philippe Cheng | Mertxe Alarcon | Neil Krug | Thomas Hager 

    To see more work from these artists, please visit their websites linked above.  Happy weekend, Artsies!

    All images are via the artists websites.