SamArtDog: and god said...

Sunday, April 17, 2011

and god said...

Before the do-over,

trees grew here.

Desertification happens.

14 comments:

Bob Lafond said...: Did you have second thoughts about the world you created? I don't think that is unusual, even for God.; April 17, 2011 at 7:34 PM
William Cook said...: And nobody blamed him because the trees really were unacceptably odd, all uppity with their roots sticking up--and their leaves all busseled out like can-can dresses. The hairdos were the last straw. They had grown arrogant and not a little self conscious. "Enough," he said, and they dried up and blew away.; April 17, 2011 at 8:51 PM
hw (hallie) farber said...: I wonder if this is like Celeste's do-overs.....first, the trees were turned upside down, which means they're now growing downwards. Have you tripped over any roots? Beautiful sky and desert.; April 17, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Katherine van Schoonhoven said...: It's like you've been peering over my shoulder! The dust isn't blowing, but the temperature is UP UP UP! The blues and yellow oranges light me up and make me hummmm!; April 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM
SamArtDog said...: Bob---
I would never presume to have a second thought.

William---
Your parable speaks well to the frivolous vanity of golf courses in Vegas or ski resorts in Bahrain.

Hallie---
'Tis indeed a Celestial do-over. The trees were tilled back into the soil.

Kvan---
Are you still in P Springs?; April 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Don Gray said...: Desertification never looked better!...lush and colorful.; April 17, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Celeste Bergin said...: I haven't a clue what the words mean...but I love the painting!; April 18, 2011 at 12:34 AM
SamArtDog said...: Celeste---
I didn't like it much as a painting of trees, so I followed your example, turned it upside down and slapped on enough color to put your eye out. As art therapy, it worked for me.; April 18, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Katherine van Schoonhoven said...: Just back from the browns and yellow-oranges of the desert to the wet, cool greens of the Northwet.; April 18, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Sheila Vaughan said...: I find trees very worrying actually (I like the smell of them though). It's that lack of bi-lateral symmetry (trees have radial symmetry don't you know- they have an up and down but they don't have a left and right). So this --- is perfect. Love the scumbling of red and orange. It is a luxury of a painting.; April 18, 2011 at 9:50 AM
William Cook said...: Sam--All parables aside, this is one luscious piece of painting. Like my teacher used to say, "I don't know what it is, and I don't want to know what it is, its enough just to see it." stunning piece.; April 18, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Jala Pfaff said...: Love that magenta.; April 20, 2011 at 1:41 AM
Double "D" said...: Sam, this reminds of the colors in Zion and the Capital Reef area. It would appear the molten desert swallowed up the trees in a fiery explosion of beautiful color!
dd; April 20, 2011 at 4:39 AM
SamArtDog said...: Truth be known, I might of painted this just to have a place to plant some full-out magenta.; April 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM

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