S is for Slug, Snow, Spindrift, Spring and Street Art (#AtoZChallenge2018)
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Spindrift [Fine snow that blows off a mountain… well, I guess it could blow off anywhere, but this was snow blowing around above the Bow Valley]
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Snow is melting away before our eyes as spring finally, finally finds its way to the Bow Valley. This year, it seems like winter has been here for a very long time.
S, it turns out, is full of potential when it comes to this month’s daily blogging challenge! It seems everywhere I look it’s all about transformation (the theme this month is Travel, Transformation and Transition…).
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been receiving updates on a watercolour painting from Dad’s studio…
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In an artist’s studio, ideas are transformed into drawings, paintings, prints, lino cuts…
The subject matter? Unusual, to say the least!
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Slug, slowly making his way to completion…
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Slug on the Camino by E. Colin Williams (2018)
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Stormy Seas… by E. Colin Williams (Oil on Board) I don’t think that’s actually the real title, but today is S day so I’ll leave it for now… I’m sure Dad will let me the correct title.
When I travel, one of the things I love to photograph is the street art I come across. Somehow, even the roughest of neighbourhoods, most rustic back alleys, decrepit sheds, and ramshackle fences are transformed when someone takes the time to add a little art… Here are a few pieces of street art spotted while wondering through Paris earlier this month…
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And, of course, I can’t leave this post without mentioning Rodin and this piece of sculpture featuring a great stone… Oh, I sure did enjoy myself in Rodin’s garden!
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Oh, one last thought… sometimes the stones themselves become works of art as in this installation not far from my place here in Canmore.
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Portal XII by Lucie Bause, 2011
I could keep going for hours, but it’s been a very long day staring at the computer as I work my way through the draft of the new manuscript and my eyeballs are getting more square by the minute! So, away I go to slip off to SLEEP so I can transition into T is for tomorrow!
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Sleep by Abbott Handersaon Thayer, 1887
