Point Lobos 2012

I just opened a show in Carmel... I'm still busy... but before I left I went walking at Point Lobos Nature Preserve... It is one of my favorite places on the planet. The first time I went here it was because on my day off I couldn't afford the $35 ticket to go to the Monterey Aquarium... but this is so much better! Yes Better than walking under sharks and through glowing jellyfish.

Everywhere you look there is just more beauty...

I mean just look at this and BAM there's a freakin' sea lion right in the middle of it!

Hello!

Got to keep this short due to the need to wake up sooner than I care to admit, but there you go some pretty pictures, hopefully they will tide you over for a bit. Ta!

Cork Oak

I found a really Cool tree in the park. It's a Cork Oak. It is soft and pliant. It smells like oak that has been freshly sanded...



This is the bark...

... sorry I know I'm not being an interesting blogger right now... Work goes well but I can't take photos while I'm working... mostly I've been reading and drawing and that's about it right now. I need to find more exciting things to do...

Part 1; Africa

Happy Earth Day. Today I'm posting a rather longish (15 min) video of an interview with Wangari Maathai; the first environmentalist to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The most simple explanation of her work is that she founded a movement to help replenish Kenya's forests... but the Green Belt Movement is much more than that. The planting of the trees is a medicine for problems in the community that reach far beyond a stripped landscape. They are allowing their community to produce their own fuel, they are giving women work and meager pay... Most of what I know of the Green Belt Movement is from interviews on NPR, today I started reading her memoir so hopefully I'll be able to discuss this inspirational woman better when I'm done. For now, please enjoy the youTube link, it's a 15 minutes well spent.