Alla Prima Friday!

Last week of Alla Prima classes. Study of wrought iron palm chair.

Alla Prima Friday!

Great afternoon of painting!

"Fishbowl with Ginger"

Amor Fati

by Katha Pollitt

The Mind-Body Problem) --

Everywhere I look I see my fate.
In the subway. In a stone.
On the curb where people wait for the bus in the rain.
In a cloud. In a glass of wine.

When I go for a walk in the park it's a sycamore leaf.
At the office, a dull pencil.
In the window of Woolworth's my fate looks back at me
through the shrewd eyes of a dusty parakeet.

Scrap of newspaper, dime in a handful of change,
down what busy street do you hurry this morning,
an overcoat among overcoats,

with a train to catch, a datebook full of appointments?
If I called you by my name would you turn around
or vanish round the corner,
leaving a faint odor of orange-flower water,
tobacco, twilight, snow?

Alla Prima Friday! Three 45 Minute Paintings

                                                                                         

Alla Prima Snapping Turtle / "The Wild Swans at Coole"

The Wild Swans At Coole
by William Butler Yeats

The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodlands paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.
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