poetry
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September 14, 2022 – Adan’s #ArtPoems / #PhotoPoems : Faith in a Safe Return
Sometimes when i haven’t been able to paint or photo shoot, or even exercise enough to forget I haven’t been creative, a beguilingly simple poem to one of my own art works does the trick 🙏☺️
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August 27, 2022 – Adan’s #ArtPoems / #PhotoPoems : Cosmic Pink
Swirls of pinks In spaces deep and shallow Begs the question….
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April 15, 2022 – “A Day Within a Mountain Road of Days” : #NationalPoetryMonth
Wasn’t much a different day than many recent days surrounding me like fog filling both my ears from hearing past or future.
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April 07, 2022 – I Found This For My Mother’s Birthday : National Poetry Month
On what would have been my mom’s birthday today, I became aware of it also being National Poetry Month, and I thought – this fits. Feels right 💕
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March 12, 2022 – Adan’s #ArtPoems / #PhotoPoems : Dome of Light
Dome of Light Amid the waves of gold speckled blues cresting foam and dancing white –
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February 26, 2022 – Adan’s #ArtPoems / #PhotoPoems : The Wings of Life Form From the Sky
Pink with Maroon Landscape and Bird is a rare painted-in-one-go art work. There was nothing I felt I could add, including fill in the upper 2/3s right. I saw the mountain-like peak in the middle top right away, then the bird’s head to its right. Then gradually, I began to see the….
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February 20, 2022 – Reblog, “Spring Jubilee” via Tiffany Arp-Daleo
My regular readers know I’ve been gladly reblogging this young lady for a bit now. Her work is unique and filled with hope, energy, festiveness and – one of the points of this reblog – often quite textured with literally a multi-media smorgasbord of creative intution. In the comment thread of her post, she and…
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January 11, 2022 – Adan’s #ArtPoems / #PhotoPoems : Light is But Darkness Feeling…
I’ve had a PhotoPoems / Photo Poems series of posts seems since near when I 1st started my blog, and was tempted to call this verse, for Angel, a PhotoPoem also. But even though I’ve a few posts tying poem and art work together, I don’t think that would be in the spirit of the…
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October 10, 2021 – Reblog, “Missing Season” via Tiffany Arp-Daleo, With a Poetry Tie-in Collaboration via Joni Caggiano
This is a special presentation from artist Tiffany Arp-Daleo, whom many of my readers/viewers have seen work from here on my site, teaming up with poety, Joni Caggiano. Mashups, of all kinds, tend to mostly either work or just miss, the contributing creative components each already recognized for their talents; the question remaining – does…
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August 20, 2021 – Sold! At the Old Bakery and Emporium (across from the State Capital) Austin, Texas – ala Monet, Girl with Umbrella
Like a minor but very welcome miracle, a faint rainbow, or even a tiny prayer that surfaces in one’s heart unexpectedly, I sold my small 5×7 watercolor on panel at the Old Bakery and Emporium which just reopened in July!
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August 14, 2020 – Reblog: Free Will Astrology, Libra
I showcased Rob and his column, Freewill Astrology back in April of last year, had been meaning to reblog one of so many positive weekly forecasts for my sign (Libra) that appealed to me, but I just gobbled them up and kept on going, lol! .. This week’s offering though is particularly helpful and encouraging…
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June 23, 2021 – 2nd Update for Delivering Art for the Summer Reopening of The Old Bakery and Emporium (across from the State Capital) Austin, Texas
Yesterday the 8 year old and I delivered my full set of 12×18 Volleyball posters to the Old Bakery & Emporium and Mike, one of several long time consistent folks to know there, was kind enough to pose with the Texas Capitol Bldg seen through the window 😊
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June 17, 2021 – Update for Delivering Art for the Reopening of The Old Bakery and Emporium (across from the State Capital) Austin, Texas
Almost a month ago I posted pics of Sheila and I making our 1st visit in over a year to the Old Bakery & Emporium where I show and sell a variety of images and writings…One of the nicer surprise developments has been a request to offer prints of my 7 unit Volleyball series.
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June 14, 2021 – Volleyball Server Poster, My Newest #SportsPoetry Upload @FineArtAmerica
Last of my 7 Volleyball theme posters, Volleyball Server Poster, is now available on Fine Art America as both prints and gift items! 😊
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June 11, 2021 – Volleyball Dink Poster, My Newest #SportsPoetry Upload @FineArtAmerica
#6 of my 7 Volleyball theme posters, Volleyball Dink, is now available on Fine Art America as both prints and gift items! 😊
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June 10, 2021 – Volleyball Kill Poster, My Newest #Sports Gift Upload @FineArtAmerica
5th of my seven Volleyball theme posters, Volleyball Kill, is now available on Fine Art America as both prints and gift items!
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June 03, 2021 – My Most Viewed Post on My Site in May, “Beginning a New Month in a New Location on Our 40th Anniversary”
So many beginnings the 1st of May for my wife and I. It was Sheila and mine’s 40th anniversary, we’d just moved into a new apt close (we didn’t begin to realize how close! 😊) to Barton Springs Greenbelt here in Austin, and of course a new month of blog posts!
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March 18, 2021 – Tweets That Caught My Eye on Twitter – Ros @Deli60Ros #InspirationalBeauty
Besides being a beautiful tweet image, Ros’ quote via Jacinto Benavente struck me as something so true and so vital to our well-being, individually and for all of us, I wanted to share it with everyone ❤️
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May 06, 2021 – My Two Most Viewed Posts on My Site in April, Tied – One New, One Old : American Watercolor Reblog and Volleyball Setter
Pretty amazing, like my two most recently most viewed images on Fine Art America, two of my blog posts here in my site, one very old (2014) and one very new (and actually near the end of April) – tied as most read – New – American Watercolor : A Painting 30 Years in the…
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May 04, 2021 – Volleyball Digger Poster, My Newest #Sports Gift Upload @FineArtAmerica
Quick post to let folks know the 3rd of my seven Volleyball theme posters, Volleyball Blocker, is now available on Fine Art America as both prints and gift items!
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April 11, 2021 – Poetry Titles and Covers That Caught my Eye on Amazon
I was tweeting some poetry titles I’d found & liked on Amazon and thought, a short tweet string of some of these might be interesting….
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April 09, 2021 – Volleyball Blocker Poster, My Newest #Sports Gift Upload @FineArtAmerica
Quick post to let folks know the 3rd of my seven Volleyball theme posters, Volleyball Blocker, is now available on Fine Art America as both prints and gift items!
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April 08, 2021 – Volleyball Poster, My Newest #Sports Gift Upload @FineArtAmerica
After only having Volleyball Setter Poster available for a long time, I’ve finally begun uploading my full Volleyball sports poetry series, beginning with Volleyball Poster, onto Fine Art America! Additional Volleyball titles….
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April 07, 2021 – Volleyball Setter Poster 2 : Poetry, Line Art and Digital Wash
It had to happen, lol! I had to finally apply my new line art with wash coloring style to one of my writings and I figured, well, my volleyball poem series has about seven titles, so they’d be a good one to create alternative choice imaging for! 😊
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April 05, 2021 – Aging Gracefully – Through Covid-19 – Shout Out to Office Depot: Free Laminating of Our CDC Vaccination Record; Plus Playtime with Grandchild; and New Volleyball Image Upload
Stay well everyone! Good-night! Work and play as able / as needed – it’s our juggling game of life ♥️
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March 31, 2021 – My Most Viewed Image This Week @FineArtAmerica, Gift Writing, “Volleyball Setter”
Volleyball setter is my newest “most viewed” for a one week period at Fine Art America! 😊
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March 29, 2021 – Radiology Technologist : Poetry, Line Art and Digital Wash
I’d teased in one of my previous posts, with the 4 layer image below, re developing the image work for my newest gift post, Radiology Technologist – 1st written & sold in the 90s, and now reincarnating as a spiffy image/poster/poem, available in prints and gifts like t-shirts, bags & more! 😊
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March 25, 2021 – My Most Viewed Image This Week @FineArtAmerica, Gift Writing, “Jogger”
Jogger is my newest “most viewed” for a one week period at Fine Art America!
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March 22, 2021 – Developing 2 New Art Projects, One a Butterfly Watercolor on Paper, the Other a Digital Gift Item Combo of Poetry, Line Art and Wash for #Jogger – Update 4 : “Sky on Fire Butterfly” Completed!
Final rendition for 2nd of 2 projects in this series of posts – Sky on Fire Butterfly #watercolor
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March 19, 2021 – Developing 2 New Art Projects, One a Butterfly Watercolor on Paper, the Other a Digital Gift Item Combo of Poetry, Line Art and Wash for #Jogger – Update 3 : Sky on Fire Butterfly “Almost” Finished!
I’m working on 2 projects back and forth, finding that right now I need the switch from one art form (digital) to another (watercolor). It helps me reset myself creatively, at least in this time frame….
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March 18, 2021 – Developing 2 New Art Projects, One a Butterfly Watercolor on Paper, the Other a Digital Gift Item Combo of Poetry, Line Art and Wash for #Jogger – Update 2 : Jogger Completed!
I’m working on 2 projects back and forth, finding that right now I need the switch from one art form (digital) to another (watercolor). It helps me reset myself creatively, at least in this time frame….
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March 17, 2021 – Developing 2 New Art Projects, One a Butterfly Watercolor on Paper, the Other a Digital Gift Item Combo of Poetry, Line Art and Wash for #Jogger – Update 1
I’m working on 2 projects back and forth, finding that right now I need the switch from one art form (digital) to another (watercolor). It helps me reset myself creatively, at least in this time frame….
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March 16, 2021 – Developing 2 New Art Projects, One a Butterfly Watercolor on Paper, the Other a Digital Gift Item Combo of Poetry, Line Art and Wash for #Jogger
I’m working on 2 projects back and forth, finding that right now I need the switch from one art form (digital) to another (watercolor). It helps me reset myself creatively, at least in this time frame….
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March 12, 2021 – Little Dancer Poster : Poetry, Line Art and Digital Wash
This is my 1st attempt combining these three elements in one digital file, creating a digital poster, and though I messed some things up and took longer than I expected, I’m very pleased with the result!
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March 07, 2021 – Dispatcher – Gift Writing / Poetry by Adan
Seeing how folks seemed to really like both previous posts, I’m following up with another well received work, Dispatcher.
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March 06, 2021 – A Yoga Teacher – Gift Writing / Poetry by Adan
Yesterday I posted about another of my gift writings, one that sold just recently, Volleyball Setter, and I thought I’d post a short note about another I’ve always liked – A Yoga Teacher.
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February 02, 2021 – Tweets That Caught My Eye on Twitter – Valentyna Holloway @ValentyneDreams #PianistPoet
“Valentyna tweets a wide variety of intriguing to interesting tweets – and yes, I did consciously choose to list intriguing as overriding interesting…intrigue, in this case, creating the interest.
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January 22, 2021 – Tweets That Caught My Eye on Twitter – Jo Coyne @Jopolkadot #Inspirations via the Arts and Nature
Jo has long been an inspiration of surprises for me on Twitter. Partly, probably, because she shares from all the arts, plus so many grand and nuanced thinkers, plus, includes such interesting imagery 💕