Archive for the ‘Sabino Creek’ Tag

Keeping Alive A Sense Of Wonder   3 comments

SCVN SIR-72Panning for Garnets in Sabino Creek — Image by kenne

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder . . .
he [or she] needs the companionship of at least one adult
who can share it, rediscovering the joy, excitement, and
mystery of the world we live in.”

— Rachel Carson

 

Impressionist Oil Painter In Sabino Canyon — II   Leave a comment

Ken Requard-2-Edit-2-art-72-2Ken Requard Painting In Sabino Canyon (Kenrequard.com) — Photo-Artistry be kenne

This is the second posting on Ken’s painting in Sabino Canyon, the first was last Friday (March 1, 2019). What a perfect time of year to be painting in Sabino Canyon, especially creek scenes.

“I find my inspiration in the created world but it is just a starting point on the journey of creating art. I am excited to find the inner essence of a place or a moment in time and then apply my own emotions. It is exciting to see the right shapes, colors and values come together. Each element in a painting (a shape with value and color) is like a note in music. In a pleasing musical composition, there are just the right number and type of notes in the right arrangement.” — Ken Requard  

Show Announcement & Reception Show Announcement & Reception 

Sonoran Plein Air Painters and Rillito Park Foundation Present:
“Off to the Races Art Show”

March 2nd-March 19th 

Impressionist Oil Painter In Sabino Canyon   1 comment

Ken Requard-4-Edit-3-art-72Impressionist Oil Painter In Sabino Canyon Near Sabino Creek (Ken Requard) — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Everything on the face of the earth
is constantly being transformed
Because the Earth is alive and has a Soul.

— Paulo Coelho

 

Desert Lupine   1 comment

Desert Lupine-72Desert Lupine — Image by kenne

We walk
the lower canyon
after spring rains.
The creek
runs swiftly 
from
mountain snow pelt.

Cottonwoods
beginning to leaf,

wildflowers
cover the ground —

a new cycle of life.

— kenne

December Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek   1 comment

Ned's Nature Walk -- 01-1-09-13

Ned's Nature Walk -- 01-1-09-13December Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek — Images by kenne

None desert colors
Life is all about contrasts
Neither here or there.

— kenne

Floating Leaves — Forgetfull of All Except the Silence   1 comment

Ned's Nature Walk -- 01-1-09-13Floating Leaves — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Floating Leaves

A light rain falls on leaves
Floating on the shallow water
Above the Sabino Creek dam
On a gray sky January day
Forgetfull of all except the silence.

— kenne

Deer By Pond Above Sabino Dam   Leave a comment

Deer Above The Dam-Edit-art-blogDeer By Pond Above Sabino Dam — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Deer by pond
On a fall morning
Standing guard.

Youngster runs
Under nearby bush
For safety.

— kenne

In The Moment   1 comment

Romero Pools“In the Moment” Photo-Artistry by kenne

In the moment
She ponders life
Resting attention
On the slowly
Moving backwaters
Cascading between
Two large boulders
Picking up speed
Before being captured
In a large pool of water.

— kenne

Father and Sons — A Life Teaching Moment   2 comments

Sabino Creek - father & sons (1 of 1)art blogFather and Sons In Sabino Creek — Photo-Artistry by kenne

A life teaching moment.

Spring Break at Sabino Creek   Leave a comment

Spring Break at Sabino Creek-1566- blog IISpring Break at Sabino Creek — Image by kenne

Children enjoy their
Spring break at Sabino creek
I turn and go back.

— kenne

Forgotten The Way By Which I Came   1 comment

Hutch's PoolSabino Creek Near Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne

I wanted a good place to settle:
Cold Mountain would be safe.
Light wind in a hidden pine —
Listen close — the sound gets better.
Under it a gray-haired man
Mumbles along reading Huang and Lao.
For ten years I haven’t gone back home
I’ve even forgotten the way by which I came.

— Gary Snyder

Water In The Canyon II   Leave a comment

Sabino Creek-1265 blogWater In The Canyon II — Image by kenne

Spring temps near eighty
Icy cold water flows —
Swarms of new insects.

— kenne

Water In The Canyon   Leave a comment

MMM 02-04-13Water in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Melting mountain snow
Brings new life to the canyon
Looking down for miles.

— kenne

I’ll Take My Spring On The Rocks   1 comment

The Shape of Water“I’ll Take My Spring On the Rocks” (Sabino Creek near the dam.) — Image by kenne

“When you sit in silence long enough,
you learn that silence has a motion.

It glides over you without shape or form,
exactly like water. 
Its color is silver.
And silence has a sound you hear
only after hours of wading inside it.

The sound is soft,
like flute notes rising up,
like the words of glass speaking.

Then there comes a point
when you must shatter
the blindness of its words,
the blindness of its light.”

― Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water

Three Panoramas of Water Running In Sabino Creek   Leave a comment

 Panorama Above The Dam- blogAbove the Dam

Panorama at The Dam --2 blogWater Flowing Over The Dam

Panorama at The Dam Bridge-2 blogCreek Flow At The Dam Low-Water Crossing
Three Panoramas of Water Running In Sabino Creek, the First Time in Months — Images by kenne