Miss Hazel and Becky Joe

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Hi everybody. I know it might appear that I am nostalgic. Nope. I love the new tools we have, speed, communications and production that we all enjoy from the advances technology has brought us.

However in that process I have no wish to discard that which is profoundly stable, authentic, whole, delivers what it promises and can endure. I love the patina of things that have been in use for a while, well maintained and continue to provide service. Quality matters.

Whenever I visit Mayport, Florida and mind you this particular venue as any semblance of the fishing village it once was is being dismantled by the minute I still enjoy seeing these working shrimp boats. They are sturdy, solid, dependable and the end result for me is some of the best seafood on the planet in the catch that they bring to dock every day.

This is another from art series photographs of my coastal journey.

There are many beautiful fine art paintings in oils and watercolor on my website. Come and visit https://alanphillipstudio.com/ and if you enjoy what you see of my art here please share with your friends! I am now on Facebook as well and you can follow me there!

Thank you for looking at my art today.

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All art/photography © Alan Phillips 2017

Sunday Morning Glories

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Hi everybody. Funny, that as I speak with you this morning I am listening to Kenny Rankin and the tune on right now is "You Are So Beautiful To Me".

Morning Glories are special to me. They are in the same sort of good karma recognition as seeing dolphins or a red tailed hawk or eagle on the wing. When I spot them it is rare and the quality, authentic joy I experience at getting to enjoy their beauty makes me smile. These flowers only show in the morning sun around here. They are tucked back enough on the dunes that you actually have to be paying attention to see them especially the white ones. They are so exceptionally delicate and I love the random rhythms they form stretching on runners over the geography of the dunes.

If you would like to see more of my coastal journey in my fine art oil and watercolor paintings please come visit at https://alanphillipstudio.com/ and now you can come follow me on Facebook as well.

Thank you for  looking at my photography art this morning.

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All art/ photography © 2107 Alan Phillips

Echo On A Summer Breeze

Hi everybody. Welcome. Just finished up a painting of our local Brown Pelicans gliding along a rising wave! This painting would rock the lobby of a coastal hotel, don’t you think? I am looking for a commissioned project creating a series of works of coastal shorebirds and coastal flora featured in the open spaces of a large interior.

It might be a hotel or healthcare facility bringing some extra warmth and humanity to the common spaces. Yes, it would look great in an oceanfront home with the interior to accommodate it or the conference room at headquarters!! It is six feet long and two and a half feet high in oil on gallery wrap canvas. This is one of the scenes that I often hear people speaking of with great affection about our shoreline here in Florida. There is something special about seeing the grace in a family of these birds in unison working the updraft of a wave effortlessly on a summer day at the beach. If you look with intention you will see that each pelican is slightly different.

Capturing subtle shifts in repeated patterns is one of my favorite visual nuances. I had this view out on the ocean, calmly sitting on my nine foot longboard awaiting a swell, tasting the salt on my lips, feeling the warm sun on my back and a little surprised by these fascinating creatures cruising by whose origins may date back to the Mesozoic Era. Creating art that illuminates the beauty of other species and our one shared ocean, fostering  connection and celebrating this hugely important resource on our planet is my passion and mission.

Thank you for looking at my art today.

If you like it please share it! You can find more examples of my art dedicated to the Coastal Journey at www.alanphillipstudio.com or contact me at alanlovesart@gmail.com to discuss commissions. Come follow me on Facebook for a wider range of the coastal experience! Copyright © 2017 Alan Phillips

Howling Wolf Calls to The Fire & Rain

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I have always loved open spaces even as a child. Observing the changing sky and clouds have held a certain magical fascination for me. Color, space, light and form, combined with imagination, what else could a young artist ask for? Nature presents new wonders to me daily and I celebrate!

photography ©2017 Alan Phillips

Thank you for looking at my art today.

Want to see more ? Please visit me at https://alanphillipstudio.com/ for beautiful oil and watercolor paintings featuring the coast!

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First Signs Of Spring

First Signs Of Spring

The school on the hill was a magical place. I was stranger in a strange land. There were certain times though, I found great joy in camaraderie. Mostly, I was a multitude of one weaving through the crowd.

There is snow falling in huge flakes that are barely visible in the stark white morning as I peek out my dorm window at 5 am. No one else is up. I get dressed and push open the snowbound door with stealth and determination.

Borrowing Dave’s Head skis leaning against the wall outside I shuffle up the hill to the crest of the ridge out back that overlooks the woods, pause for a look at the breathless beauty of it all. I push off.

The only sound I hear is the slip, slip, whish-sound of the skis in the wet snow. I feel like I am flying, surrounded in a kind of delightful white purity with soft puffy snowflakes gently peppering my face. I can’t stop laughing. If you were standing on that very crest of the hill with your rosy cheeks, cozy in your goose down parka you would have seen me disappear down the trails into the woods.

 I was very late for class.

They were often heavy winters facing Parker Mountain in Center Strafford, New Hampshire. I didn’t mind. I skied in the snow-dusted dawn.

One of the shared moments that I savored every year that I attended was the first warm day that you could take your shirt off outside in springtime. It was a revelation, almost a rite of passage, a reward for having endured the cold and snow. A few pals and I would hitchhike down to Bow Lake on a Saturday morning sit on the rocks and soak up the suns warming rays. Here’s to Bow Lake and that moment.

This is an oil and watercolor on board 17" x 27"  Thank you for looking at my art today. https://alanphillipstudio.com/ stop by my website to see more of my Coastal Journey if you like this please share it with your friends. You can now follow my art/photography and writing on Facebook also!

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All art/ writing/photography © 2017 Alan Phillips

Sacred Steps

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Sacred Steps

I love an old road

It doesn’t care about my wandering shoes
Traipsing down it’s weary bones out walking my visionary muse

I got a feelin’ for old roads

I love your cracks and craggy crumbling surface bending in the silent heft
Your empathetic non - resistance about my choices right or left

I find the space I crave on an old road

Freedom from relentless world discord
You calm me from the unraveling cacophony of people being bored

I wonder on the old roads

Expanding across your serene and lovely views
You give my frazzled mind a respite and my energy renews

Thank you for looking at my art and reading my words today.

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Photography and poetry © 2017 Alan Phillips