2012 OCTOBER BLOG
It's another image from my painting series NATURE AND GEOMETRY. I continue to explore geometric forms and nature using color repetition simple surfaces and clean negative space. I suppose the painting's title should be BEFORE THE LEAVES LEAVE, however I'm leaving it untitled for now. (Pun intended) . Oil on canvas, 20" x 20". OCTOBER, MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR! It's wonderful everywhere. In Texas it's the end of oppressive heat. But I don't want to leave the impression that summer is awful. Given the choice, I choose summer over winter. October is the best with alternating days of warm and cool. October can bring rain and a spurt of fall growth. Until November, Texas hangs on to her green leaves. Then we are given a little color followed by the beautiful tracery of winter's bare branches. I suppose I like all the seasons and it's the change that invigorates me. I remember fondly an October Saturday long ago, basking in the warm sun on a