Under Lavender Skies

From floor to ceiling, rising Up, are butterflies, bugs, and bees  No longer writhing or striving  To survive, you see They are pinned in place, not hiding But displayed to see, for you and me. Up the hill, three children roamed And explored that day, To peek into the bug man’s home  It was early into the month of may  The first window they peaked in, Was the bathroom  It was bees and grasshoppers that affronted them from within Thankfully, no one was using the room. The three friends watched, unable to move, as the doorknob began to spin  A woman stepped through,  She saw them right away  For only a moment she withdrew  Holding beetles in a display,  Her hair was short and of the darkest hue, It was only a moments delay  Before up her face, a smile grew. Still terrified of what she would say, they were dismayed  When she lunged and threw Open the window and set down the display  “And who, may I ask,  Are you, peeking...

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 I made these landscapes pretty recently, recently as in this year sometime but I'm really not sure the exact dates.  I love how simple these are, I purposely decided to make them so by not adding any trees or anything in the foreground.  Still, I don't think they are plain and empty, there are colors and textures that make them interesting.   I love how simple these are, and I did that purposely. I don't think everything has to be so complicated with trees and people and busyness in the fore ground. That's one thing that has been on my mind a lot recently, that life doesn't have to be so full and complicated to be wonderful, it's something that matches up with these to pieces as well. Still, there's colors and textures to see if you look for it, kinda like life. :-)  The first one I painted with oil and the second is colored pencils!  ✰✰✰