tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post1349116998283687393..comments2024-03-20T12:46:10.513-07:00Comments on The Colorist: Ice Storm '09Casey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-18030894175283377252009-01-18T05:37:00.000-08:002009-01-18T05:37:00.000-08:00Loriann, right now our poor trees are loosing big ...Loriann, right now our poor trees are loosing big limbs - including the maple!<BR/><BR/>JR, if I get a seasonal affect (S.A.D.) it is in high summer. The opposite of normal folks, I know. I was born under a rain cloud!<BR/><BR/>Productivity for me has been health oriented, but things are getting better. thank God.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-28096369850542575112009-01-18T05:21:00.000-08:002009-01-18T05:21:00.000-08:00Wow Casey! That must have been so scary! I am glad...Wow Casey! That must have been so scary! I am glad to hear you and your family are all OK.I guess there can be a bad side to the white stuff. But doesn't it make the trees look magical?<BR/>Stay safe and warm,<BR/>Loriannloriann signorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-63724509953694004212009-01-18T01:01:00.000-08:002009-01-18T01:01:00.000-08:00I am glad you made it home safely as well. As beau...I am glad you made it home safely as well. As beautiful as the photos are, it seems you get the "heavy hitters"- as far as winter storms go. Seems every day there is more, and not a just little. <BR/>I do like winter, but I am very "seasonally sensitive"-It could very challenging (for me) artistically...<BR/>Do you find it effects you productivity level?colorspeakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125544810430940910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-9052168120479558242009-01-17T10:53:00.000-08:002009-01-17T10:53:00.000-08:00It wouldn't be quite so bad if I could get to my w...It wouldn't be quite so bad if I could get to my winter sports. Maybe soon...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the well wishes, Robin.<BR/><BR/>Have a look at Joan's incredible watercolors, BTW. Plus, in the world of watercolor, a "patron saint" - maybe THE patron saint of WC has passed away. A. Wyeth.<BR/><BR/>My friend Stan Miller is always referring to AW, and I remember his description of Wyeth's abstract qualities. Stan is in the same zone as Wyeth, if you ask me. Just my 2 cents.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-48048967471186840422009-01-17T09:49:00.000-08:002009-01-17T09:49:00.000-08:00I forget as I sit here in a warm zone, admiring th...I forget as I sit here in a warm zone, admiring the winter white, how destructive it can be. I am glad that you are safe. Stay warm<BR/><BR/>As a watercolorist myself, I am learning to study all the color in white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-81554094786764960222009-01-17T08:26:00.000-08:002009-01-17T08:26:00.000-08:00They say one aspect was a record, that being the f...They say one aspect was a record, that being the first great dump of snow @ mid December. But, I remember one dump about the same last winter.<BR/><BR/>Then, it just kept snowing lightly but steady for weeks!<BR/><BR/>We have that marine climate which is related to the Japanese Current - meaning that the Pacific air is warm from having been around the South Pacific. Wet, temperate is correct.<BR/><BR/>We are signifigantly less cold than the area east of the Rockies, like the Dakotas and eastern Montana and Wyoming - you know, the places known for c-c-c cold.<BR/><BR/>The old timers say these have come and gone, all cyclical stuff. I grew up on the west side of the state, with very temperate wet stuff.<BR/><BR/>Is an aversion to white bad for a watercolorist? My ignorance showing through.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826049157205598760.post-51751969981459754882009-01-17T08:01:00.000-08:002009-01-17T08:01:00.000-08:00Casey, you've been slammed so hard this winter [un...Casey, you've been slammed so hard this winter [understatement of the century]. <BR/>Is a typical winter anything like this? I thought that it was more temperate where you live. <BR/>Needless to say, I'm glad that you and your family are safe. Hope it warms up soon.<BR/>I'm starting to temporarily dislike white, in empathy, I guess.Joan DaGradi Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335779177834230825noreply@blogger.com