THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A TOWER....

There is something about a tower of a building that brings me closer to God. I often choose to paint a tower, a steeple or a lighthouse, reaching up to the sky.
It seems to reach up to heaven. This is the tower of the Tenafly, NJ railroad station that has been turned into "Angelique's cafe." The food is great!
Last time I met a friend there for lunch, a train actually went by like in an old-time movie.
"What lovers of beauty seek in paintings, in sculpture, in dance, in music is just a reflection of the absolute beauty that is God."

From Words to Live by, Inspiration for Every Day, by Eknath Easwaran

I WENT TO THE WOODS

I went to the woods because I wished to live

deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau

This is a watercolor/pastel painting of the Celery Farm pond in Allendale, NJ.

The shape of the two trees seemed "linked together". The pastel makes the painting more powerful when used over the watercolor. The water did remind me of Thoreau's Walden pond in Massachusetts. Spending time in nature helps me slow down, THINK, and just BE.