Summer Solstice
Sol+stice derives from a combination of Latin words meaning “sun”+”to stand still.” As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky.
Three days after the solstice marks a Midsummer’s Day. Soft summer grasses dotted with miniature daisies, blue petaled flowers and goldfields wait to be cut. Is it true that on the eve of a midsummer’s night brings a dream? with magic?
Straw hat and sunglasses for painting with and hiking. Looking at the Sun shimmer while lying on the cool grass and looking up through the trees. Strawberries juicy sweet and cold watermelon. Sweet natural water quenches a thirst and the rush of a waterfall crowns the heart of a hike. A wardrobe of shorts and tee-shirts. Longer days of warm light means more time to paint and play. Standing still with eyes closed and feeling the waft of a breeze on a sweated brow. Barefoot in the grass and dining alfresco. The sound of tinkling ice in a glass of lemonade. New starry constellations to tract in the midnight indigo sky. Falling asleep under the fragrance of Midnight Blooming Jasmine and of course Ice Cream. SUMMER . . . Yeaay!
Sun above painted with beeswax resist and brilliant colored Procion Dyes-fiber reactive from Jacquard. Multi suns with a brayer of Liquitex acrylic over rubber stamps on Japanese paper. Lettering hand lettered with watercolor.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
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May 25th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Hey you!!! What a GORGEOUS soleil watercolor!!! I’d buy that if you’d sell it to me!!! How the heck are you?!? I hope you are doing well and taking good care of yourself… I miss you, I really do, and I think of you often, and couldn’t resist saying hi when I saw your website listed on Louis Lemoine’s site! Wish we could spend some quality time together again, laughing like little girls! xoxo, Kathy