It's the first day of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere! It's also around 90 degrees out right now - sounds like it's still summer to me! We do still have a few Monarchs lingering here in our pastures. There's been a couple days of 30mph winds from the south and east so butterfly migration is a bit difficult at the moment.
Our Barn Swallows left last weekend, along with our last Baltimore Oriole and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. They could easily have stuck around for this temperature!
"Tree Swallow - Portrait"
color pencil drawing - © Bruce A. Morrison
There are leaves and crops showing that hint of Autumn out there; the nights have been great for sleeping - also for the Katydids and Crickets, the Coyotes and neighborhood Great Horned Owls - all have been serenading us each night and we LOVE it!
"Nearly September"
from the original plein air oil painting - © Bruce A. Morrison
Been spending much time here preparing for the 14th Artisans Road Trip - this year on Saturday and Sunday October 14th and 15th. Along with my usual new paintings, drawings and photographs, this year I am doing something a bit new - I will be offering reproductions of paintings printed on canvas, hand varnished by the artist and framed in a choice plein air frame - like the original painting at framed print prices! These 'jewels" have to be seen - a few choice paintings available - just vibrant! Above and below are some examples!
"Behind the Grove"
from the original plein air oil painting - © Bruce A. Morrison
"Lone Bale at First Light"
from the original plein air oil painting - © Bruce A. Morrison
This will be our last year
participating in the Artisans Road Trip. I have been a part of this great
organization of artists since the beginning in
2004 and have appreciated the quality of artwork
and professionalism this great group has
represented itself with! I have been the
organization's web master and social media person
for 14 years and it is now time for me to make a
change - at least for now; if sometime down the
road I feel a need to rejoin A.R.T. as a regular
member I certainly will.
So! This will be your last chance
to visit Prairie Hill Farm and our studio "for the
Artisans Road Trip"! BUT NOT for any other visit -
we will still be here and I will still be working
as an artist!
I
am taking this time to work more toward building a
new body of work. There comes a time in many an
artist's life that we need to step back and start
anew. I am taking somewhat of a hiatus from
"producing sales" to producing work that compels
and draws me to it...maybe I'm getting a bit old
and set in my ways but life is too short for
pursuing any goal other than a feeling of
accomplishing something important to one's "self"
and less for commissions and distractions. I am
not stepping off the face of the earth or anything
crazy like that; I will still be out here on the
prairie - working in the studio when the urge
moves me, walking in the prairie when I need time
with God's creation or maybe actually going
somewhere for a fresh experience or just time
away! Like I said - life is too short!
Enjoy your time on this earth - get out and have a great Autumn!
