bounty...

PASSING THOUGHT: The countryside, imagined as bulbous arced hills and orbed trees, suggests bounty exists and the harvest to come will add to that bounty...A sense of promise in this beautiful scene... https://t.co/mD7LNz0MY3

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

Grant Wood is the painter of the renowned American Gothic (1930)
The woman portrayed in this painting is Grant Wood's sister, Nan Wood Graham. She spent her life as a historian for her brother's work.

Most of Grant Wood's paintings depict the rural American Midwest.

mountainside...

mountainside
all the colours
of the seasons
weep silently
in my dreams #tanka https://t.co/ir2ZeuOlIS

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

radiating lines...

PASSING THOUGHT: All lines radiate from some distant, magical somewhere, except the few shadow lines right
at my feet...

Image: Dromana beach this morning... pic.twitter.com/KCUnuP7oxr

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

a simple life...

a simple life
living by and for
water
unlocks
a golden life #tanka https://t.co/tfmzqDDZFd

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

Dan Van Can's paintings capture the life of those living around the Mekong delta.

scattered randoms...

In the dim distance a somewhere train is cutting through the morning.
On the other side of the sky, the sun, remarkable and brilliant, is preparing to animate me, us.

The gumtrees stir.

The quivering of life again.

And so it goes...

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 24, 2020

The scattered randoms of early morning - light and sounds and colours - are like the tuning of an orchestra...and no one tuning is ever the same...for so much depends on the weather conductor...

in the mists of golden light...

in the mists
of golden light
a ghostly deer
blends
with shady leaves #tanka https://t.co/xj9HUpRhlQ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

trembling, crushed ice...

trembling
crushed ice
winter waves
drive
a cold spirit #tanka

Image: Waves rolling in to Dromana beach this morning pic.twitter.com/mwSDaNqfuB

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

rain in lamplight...

rain in lamplight
a narrow street
a lone, elegant figure
dreams of
a slow dance #tanka https://t.co/Mu8xYm800E

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

Wlodzimierz Czurawski is a Belarusian painter who paints mainly smoky landscapes and still life.

pebble memorial...

pebble memorial
pole to pole
migrations
one Arctic tern
lost #tanka

NOTE: Arctic terns have speckled eggs https://t.co/iyG1s8DcJl

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

wind-blown grasses...

PASSING THOUGHT: Wind-blown grasses along the Dromana foreshore trail...like posies of nature's fans...vying for attention... pic.twitter.com/bCfczee2So

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

a small, anxious walk...

PASSING THOUGHT: Took a small, anxious walk by the sea this morning. It was windy and the sunlight was patchy. But the time was refreshing... Waves burst with energy and seagulls wheeled overhead. The few walkers were braced warmly. I'll admit...I was glad to see few walkers... pic.twitter.com/g7RFEFBkdQ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 25, 2020

a shy patch of water...

a shy
patch
of water
fleeting
blue beauty #tanka https://t.co/tKp3f1BxgK

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 24, 2020

Spent the morning (along with much of Hobart) checking out the disappearing tarn

It’s a rocky hollow on the slopes of kunanyi that only fills up after heavy rain - the colour of the water is unreal! pic.twitter.com/YtxyyKq1fr

— David Hamilton (@davidghamilton1) June 25, 2020

Had to add another post...The colour of the water is like liquid sapphires... Stunning...

a child's steady gaze...

Mother and Child #figurepainting #watercolor #sketch@twschaller
https://t.co/1tJpvoybQX pic.twitter.com/HEIaBmusZD

— thomas w schaller (@twschaller) June 25, 2020

a child's
steady gaze
unaware of
a mother's
proud questions #tanka https://t.co/XwqTob8VGS

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 24, 2020