❤️ Sonntagabend: Landschaft im Emsland.

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Finding Home: Reflections on Place and Inspiration

Hello

If this is your first visit, welcome to Musings. Today I am musing about “home”. If you have been here before, welcome back. Over time we are going to talk about many things: the past, the present, perhaps the future, travel,

Where is home?

As I write this, I am at my desk looking at my neighbors’ property across the street. The day is sunny and warm . . . in the 80°s, a typical Florida morning.

I’ve lived here 36 years, longer than any other place.

The area is beautiful, beaches, palm trees, balmy and clean.

It has been a source of inspiration for me.

Paintings of Florida

Waterway

North Bridge

Squall

Middle Bridge

Trinity Church

Summer Storm

Paintings of the Southwest

The following work is based on the southwest, where I spent much of my childhood and early adult years.

Canyon of Cliffs

Dry Wash

Roadside

Setting Sun

The Difference

Do you see the basic difference?

Distance and Height The southwest work has a sense of vast space and distance and of height. The Florida inspired work doesn’t have that. Florida is flat.

My childhood years were spent where the distance was vast. I could see a long way. Every time I get back to an area like that, I feel a thrill. I am a visual person.

Here in Florida, for the most part, you can see across the street . . .unless you are looking out over the ocean . . . where there is not much to see.

On A Different Note

MORE TO COMEI

I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest

Today I promote my work through Art Store Fronts (www.ttribby.com) and Fine Art America and I show work locally at Jennifer Garrigues and Palm Beach FrameMakers in Palm Beach

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RECENT WORK

Polignano A Mare

Matera Afternoon

ARCHWAY

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Works on Paper

On The Waterfront

Impressions of Florida

View. Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, CSULB, Long Beach, California

Dedicated in April 1981, the 1.3 acre garden was built through the generosity of Mrs. Loraine Miller Collins in memory of her late husband, Earl Burns Miller. Following three years of planning, in cooperation with California State University Long Beach, landscape architect Edward R. Lovell was chosen to oversee its creation. The resulting garden reflects the university's continued interest in international education, student and community engagement, as well as the Miller’s interests in nature and wellness.  The university is delighted to share this educational, cultural, and aesthetic resource with you.

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#silentsunday

Back in colder days when the sun was hidden behind ice crystals the silence hits hard in winter landscape.

I stopped during my weekly trip to my parents because this outlook reminded me of a English county side.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ101
Edit: none

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