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Monday, September 30, 2013

this the final photo of "ties that bind us" before I returned to NC from Monterey, MA 
taken on 9/11/13


                     
8/23/13

  
8/4/13

7/15/13

                                       
                                                    after drying, before installing 7/14/13

Sunday, September 29, 2013


"center/r/ring 69"
Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Saturday, September 28, 2013


"center ring 68"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Friday, September 27, 2013


"center ring 67"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Thursday, September 26, 2013


"center ring 66"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

"flaked art floating"

reflected image of flaked paint (Earth pigments and unbleached wheat flour) floating in sea water








Tuesday, September 24, 2013


"center ring 65"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013


"center ring 63"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Friday, September 20, 2013


"center ring 62"

Earth ochre pigments & wheat paste, flaked paint, installed with repurposed wood post

Thursday, September 19, 2013


"center ring 61"

Earth oxate, ochre pigment & wheat paste installed with leaf & repurposed wood post

Tuesday, September 17, 2013


a mother Black Bear and her two cubs visited "Dock and the Apple Tree" this morning. I had just jumped into my clothes with awakening to the first frost this morning and looked out the kitchen window for this wonder filled visit. Grabbing my cell and excitedly attempting unobtrusiveness to them I stepped out on the deck, slick with icy frost, and snapped this one blurry eyed shot before she ushered her babes into the woods... 
enThanks Black Bear for your co-creativity!!!

Sunday, September 15, 2013


"center ring 60"

Earth oxate, ochre pigment & wheat paste installed with leaf & repurposed wood post

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Friday, September 13, 2013

Thursday, September 12, 2013

most recent photo documentation of "ties that bind usyoume" installation in Monterey MA. as it merges with Earth Water Air Fire Metal Elements and speaks here symbolically with colors Red and Green. 
"Red is commonly associated with danger, sacrifice, passion, fire, beauty, blood, anger, socialism & communism, and in China and many other cultures with happiness" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red) stop and represents groundedness in Chakra systems.
"Green is the color most commonly associated with nature, the environmental movementIrelandIslamspringhope and envy." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green) go and in Chakra systems it represent energy of the Heart...


"ties that bind usyoume" 9/11/13


earlier entries...
"ties that bind usyoume" 8/23/13
http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-post_25.html

"ties that bind usyoume" 8/4/13
http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/ties-that-bind-us-railroad-spikes-earth.html
earlier entries of the process of this piece:
7/15/13 http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/blog-post_15.html
7/14/13 http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/final-drying-and-locating-installation.html


Wednesday, September 11, 2013


am calling this one "shingle grid shadow". it's part of the processing with the "shingle grid" series posted in late July/13;
http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/blog-post_26.html
http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/blog-post_27.html
http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/blog-post_28.html
while the shingle/moss/lichen piece sat on the mossy and lichened picnic table it gathered more of its defining characteristics it left its imprint on the table.
here Sun light and shadow created this "negative" image. this shot was taken after a rain, as one of the many rains this summer had just ended. will take a comparative shot as things dry out and will post...

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

   "summer of storms"

the fires of electrically charged summer storms appear to be being care taken and tempered by a White Dragon energetic...

Monday, September 9, 2013

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Saturday, September 7, 2013

"Dock and the Apple Tree"

                                                         9/7/13
3 mother Turkey and their charge of 15 - 16 (presently) have been grazing, roosting in the Pines and community schooling each other in the yard. They neither seem to be fearful of the installation and graze and weave in and about it... Welcome Turkey enThanks!





an overview is shot from the deck of the house approximately 6’ above the higher ground plane of the piece.

a mid Lammas  (late Summer for those who follow the 4 season system) NE seasonal cocreative and collaborative with Nature installation “Dock and the Apple Tree” is 30’ in length , the Rumex stalks are 15” to 30” in height. the line plays upon the outer rim of a semicircular concave disc of the ground plane that the Apple Tree is centered within. an area of lower growing vegetation lay beyond the Apple Tree. it creates forms and shapes reinforcing the circular forms and lines with the piece. toward the NW the ground plane flattens and extends out to the wood’s edge over 100’ away. further to the West is an ovular garden highlighted by tall grasses, Hydrangea and lower perennials. another circular is formed by the dirt/stone path of the driveway. to the East and South are extended lawns and more bordering woods. the mown lawn, driveway space and the perpendicular vegetation help to define the entirety of the piece with the ground, horizontally and vertically, and into the skies’ constantly changing spatial atmosphere.
the line drawn with the Docks, Curly/Yellow Rumex crispus, is pervious and does not physically extend to other forms, it is implied by the eye as it picks up other lines and forms in the overall landscape. the red/purple/orange colors of Yellow/Curly Dock seed heads play with the greens/blues and yellows complimentarily. the line of Docks lay on the NW arc of the semi circle around the Apple Tree and connect visually with the entire landscape.


these next shots taken from the Four Directions were taken 8/30/13

“Dock and the Apple Tree” from the East



“Dock and the Apple Tree” from the South



“Dock and the Apple Tree” shot from the West

“Dock and the Apple Tree” shot from the North
                        
heavy rains during the night two days after I installed the Dock seed heads lay some of the stalks down on the ground changing the character expression of its lines under the tree. falling apples (fruit/seed) assist in the lay down and with a vertical to horizontal movement.

9/1/13 with the South toward North



and on 9/5/13 with the North perspective toward the South
a small stand of blossoming Motherwort Monarca cardiaca at the base of the Apple Tree is seen clearly in this photo and accents the lineality with the Dock and the Apple Tree. 

bright clear days see shadow play with the geometrics of the installation. colder temps; last night’s 40˚  temps, down from low 60˚s during the rains of the weekend and daytime high in the 70˚s came down low 60˚s and 50˚s at night have broken down cellulose and cold snapped seeds and branches to the Earth. I have also noticed unidentified small seed eating birds’ feeding on the seeds from their perch in the Apple Tree. this activity creates lively lines and form, activating the relationships.
the environment, all, micro and macro cosmically play with the installation and with our own personal perspectives with it…

and from the North toward the South Sun Rays and Light Orbs infused magical light energetics with the “Dock and the Apple Tree installation as I begin to set in place my trip back to Wilmington, NC
for the warmth of the Sun.......................

9/10 the line of Docks fall and disperse more creating changes with new lineal and formatic concepts.
the entire environment evolves; mushrooms to the left and the apples' color and density. light rays with
photo juxtapose with the tree trunks, accenting the "Fall".











Friday, September 6, 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Monday, September 2, 2013

Sunday, September 1, 2013