Posted in Botanicals, My Paintings, tagged Cacti, Prickly Pear on January 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Cacti! A marvelous adaptation to severely dry conditions on the planet Earth. In arid conditions they thrive. Put them in a pot and water them and they wither. Backlit with early morning light a variety of colors emerge … colors which are not usually associated with Cacti. It is hard to “see” these colors unless you look intently in the correct light.
Posted in My Paintings, tagged Fusion, Mars, Physics, Sci-Fi on October 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
After reading the “Physics of the Future” by Michio Kaku, I went to sleep.
Here is the image of Fusion vividly in mind when I awoke.
The quote of Kaku at at the bottom of the watercolor painting reads, “An 8 oz glass of water is equal to the energy of 500,000 barrels of oil.” What a miracle it would be if we could have a breakthrough into the century of Fusion!
This painting is titled ” Our Future Home” and shows a band around planet Mars which houses millions of people. As a fan of SiFi and the current push to reach Mars, this is a possible use of space to provide a new home. Lots of wishful thinking here!!
Posted in My Paintings on April 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Posted in My Paintings, tagged Space visions on April 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
A new painting:
Posted in My Paintings on March 26, 2021| 2 Comments »
Posted in My Paintings, tagged Inauguration Day, Political Divide on January 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Inauguration Day, January 2021, brings our divided country into sharp focus. This is my response to the almost 50/50 divide in our political arena. The hope is that the apples can at least acknowledge that the pears have a world view that they think is sensible and vice versa. Compromise is a necessity!
Posted in My Paintings, tagged Family, The Seasons on December 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The seasons roll by and the decades roll by and celestial events occur. Our small affairs seem insignificant in the unfolding of geological time.
Here is one moment in time caught in a painting of the boy Elias, Poppa Doyle, and the dog, Trouble. Each Spring we see the alpine Lupine bloom. Then the summer meadows turn green, followed by the golden Aspens shedding their leaves as the first Winter snows arrive. Here I celebrate the seasons and the ongoing generations of my family.
Posted in My Paintings, Sierra Nevada Natural History, The Sierras, tagged Buckwheat, Gingko on October 11, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Ginkgo trees are doing their Autumn dance and are flaming yellow. The Buckwheat plants on the eastern side of the Sierra are producing tiny seeds to feed the birds and mice. It is a splendid season and reflective time for a look back at this year of upsets. There was a pandemic, roaring fires, hurricanes and tornadoes and sorrow for 215,000 deaths in the U.S. … but the planet rolls on thru space. This painting celebrates the ongoing seasons. Soon it will be a New Year and the Ginkgo will grow new leaves and the Buckeye will scatter new seeds to be eaten.
Posted in My Paintings, tagged COVID-19 on July 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Greetings dear friends … if you wondered about my recent silence … here is the reason for my silence. … I have been hard at work on this oil painting. Feeling unable to express, in words, my sorrow about the wretched physical and political state of my country, America … I have resorted to attempting to convey those feelings in a painting.
Into The Void. COVID-19. 150,00 souls go to the stars by 7/29/20 Mary P Williams 4′ x 5′ oil on canvas
Posted in Botanicals, My Paintings, tagged Hollyhocks on May 11, 2020| 1 Comment »
The old-fashioned Hollyhock came from Asia and Europe. When I was a child, 75 years ago, they were plentiful. I imagine that the pioneer women brought a few precious seeds with them to remind them of their countries of birth. They are extra hardy and love hot weather requiring little care: water them and they will thrive. In a little town by the Salton Sea, in California, I drove by a breathtaking display of hollyhocks in full bloom.
Hollyhocks Against the Fence
Stopping, I was thrilled to meet the person watering them. Her name was Lucy and we chatted after she told me to take all the pictures I desired. She handed me a cut stalk of brilliant red and said, ‘Would you like to see my paintings of the flowers?” In we went to her living room, where she had these two paintings.
“I only paint roses and hollyhocks. They are my favorites.” Lucy said. I said that the flowers she gave me were inspiring me to paint hollyhocks during this shelter-in-place isolation. She nodded and said that she still had to go to work regardless since she had to support herself.
As we parted Lucy invited me to come back anytime if I needed fresh hollyhocks for my watercolor painting.
So I painted those flowers and returned to give the painting to Lucy.
Lucy and My Painting
Here are the flowers, Lucy, and the painting.
Hollyhocks
Still trying to get it right! These colors are hard to match.
Mary P Williams 