{"id":4519,"date":"2015-10-27T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2015-10-27T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:45:21","slug":"swan-valley-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2015\/10\/27\/swan-valley-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan Valley, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been seeing my “Blank Slate<\/a><\/em>” blogs, you’ve got some background on our time in Idaho. At the generosity of friends, the Aleixos, we’ve spent ten days in their lovely “cabin” making art.<\/p>\n

\"View-front-lake-2\"<\/span><\/p>\n

The view from the back porch.<\/h6>\n

The cabin is situated on its own trout pond with views to live for. Seems we took this picture several times a day, every day, and it was always different.<\/p>\n

\"View-house-square\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A view of the front\u00a0of the cabin.<\/h6>\n

Fall is a lovely time of year to be here, with trees turning color and leaves everywhere, like paper-thin diamonds graveling every path.<\/p>\n

\"Anne-at-press\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne put ten hours a day at this table, or more.<\/h6>\n

Inside, we made temporary rearrangements of things to set up our studio. As usual, we brought Anne’s “smaller” press, a tall work table, and all her printmaking paraphernalia.<\/p>\n

\"Hyatt-at-Easel\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My studio. The writing office off to the left.<\/h6>\n

It looks like “plein air” work going on, but the landscapes were from photos I’d taken, maybe moments before, then viewed on a computer screen. It’s just easier inside.<\/p>\n

\"Studio-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What a way to spend a vacation. But who said it was vacation?<\/h6>\n

Here we are working together, separately. With each of us concentrating, conversation during these periods would be minimal. Pandora music would be on, or sometimes it was just nicer, quiet. Note two palate tables for me, one for oils, the other for acrylics. Anne, of course, uses inks.<\/p>\n

\"Anne-small-pieces-portrait\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Twelve “smaller” works.<\/h6>\n

Anne generally brings pieces to finish that she’d started earlier. Here’s a final shot on the last day, after all the clean up.<\/p>\n

\"Anne-large-pieces\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fifteen “larger” works.<\/h6>\n

Since the monoprints are\u00a0made up of multiple layers, multiple passes through the press, sometimes with parts scavenged from other prints pasted in, and then details scratched out with an exacto knife, it’s quite labor intensive . . . each\u00a0requiring a lot of time before she’s happy with a piece.<\/p>\n

\"Eight-Landscapes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Eight landscapes on the hearth.<\/h6>\n

Here are the oil paintings, large and small. There were two others, not shown. All are from local scenes, right around the house. The oils I worked on during the first half of our stay, to allow drying time for transport. All painting was done in the afternoons (and sometimes evenings) while the mornings were dedicated to writing and book projects . . . though sometimes this reversed.<\/p>\n

\"Barns-15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fifteen barns, acrylic on canvas.<\/h6>\n

Once again, I worked on barns. It’s a year-long project, which I’ve been doing in spurts. There will be some\u00a0100 pieces, for a motel in Ames, Iowa.<\/p>\n

\"Outdoor-Abstract\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Underpainting.<\/h6>\n

Here’s as close as I got to plein air (outdoor) painting. It’s not that at all really, but rather a place to make a mess on an experimental abstract. Some of that tall grass wanted to get right into the painting. It fit right in, so I let it be.<\/p>\n

\"Isaiah-55-10-11-1000\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s about rain and snow, watering the earth.<\/h6>\n

Here’s how that one turned out. As you’ll see, almost none of those early colors survived, though in person, up close, hints are evident, which is the intent. Same with the bits of grass.<\/p>\n

\"Hyatt-journaling\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The day begins.<\/h6>\n

The start of every morning looked something like this. I didn’t know Anne snapped this, from where she sat, doing more-or-less the same thing. It was our meditation time, reading, jotting a few notes, maybe a little conversation, often prayers. It’s the same at home, but here with a different view.<\/p>\n

\"Anne-river-walk\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne, thinking? Or watching her step.<\/h6>\n

Another daily ritual was the walk, sometimes down a dirt road or on a path over to the river . . . for exercise, conversation, the beauty, and just the air.<\/p>\n

\"View-from-the-Falls\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Everywhere you look, patterns and textures.<\/h6>\n

Here’s the Snake River, as it divides and reconnects through a series of islands. Always we saw fishermen on the river, either in boats, or with waders out in the water, using flies.<\/p>\n

\"View-Back-Sunset\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Last day, last light.<\/h6>\n

One more view out the back. As I said, every hour it was different . . . this one taken on the last day, the end of a very fruitful trip.<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

Next:<\/h1>\n

Sandstone Gallery Show<\/h1>\n

\"Sandstone-115\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

For the month of November\u00a0my work abstract figurative work will be featured at\u00a0the Sandstone Gallery<\/a>. The opening is during Laguna\u2019s Art Walk, Thursday evening, November 5th, 6:00-9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

384 A North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. \u00a0One block north of the Laguna Art Museum, near the corner of Coast Highway and Jasmine.<\/p>\n

Art Under Pressure<\/h1>\n
\"Art-Under-Pressure-115\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

The only book quite like it, 120 pages of Anne\u2019s prints\u00a0as well as an explanation of the process.<\/p>\n

A beautiful book to page through for inspiration and intrigue. $24.95.<\/p>\n

Order on Amazon or directly through this website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sketches of Italy<\/h1>\n
\"Sketches-of-Italy-Cover-115\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

Another book that\u2019s one of a kind. This one all drawings, done during a week in three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice (as well as a day in Siena).\u00a0The drawings are of other art works, classic architecture, or people on the streets . . . also peppered with musings and comments, sober or witty.\u00a0$14.95. Order on Amazon or through this website, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home and Studio Show, Dec. 5-6<\/h1>\n
\"House-Entry-115\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

Save the date. It will have been a year since our last studio show and many have asked about it. \u00a0The next one will be the afternoons and early evenings of December 5 and 6. That\u2019s the weekend after the Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n

33752 Big Sur, Dana Point, California. Come, and bring a friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We came again to Swan Valley, Idaho, spent 10 days, loved everything about it, including getting a great deal of work done. It’s a labor of love. Check it out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4580,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}