This may be the begining of mud season......

but the northwest is so deeply ingrained in my being, that days full of rain
on this coast, are met with a quiet feeling of solace and calm.  Sometimes it's hard to distinguish the edges of the islands, and it reminds me of looking out across the Straits on similar March days in the west.

These are a few things that have been posted lately in my Etsy shop.  The gouache is entitled "Winter Light" , done in 1966 by a painter in Tennessee.  The opaque quality of the blues, russets and touches of amber have a stark, but beautiful feeling to them........