Welcome to the Blue Heron Gallery
Random Samplings
Hang in there folks! I am working on a new gallery page to include linked thumbnail photos that will allow you to zoom in on the paintings in which you are most interested. Of course, there's nothing like seeing the gallery for yourself. (I think that is May's project of the month--rainy days only, it's getting nice outside. In fact I think I'll go out for a run.)
Go Dog Go
Last spring we lost a wonderful pet: Nora Summer Comet Crozier. She was a rambunctious, crazy, and extremely intelligent border collie/blue heeler mix. We were waiting for old age to settle her down, but she never quite aged enough. I know Julie was deeply moved by Nora's death. This painting Go Dog Go is a look at the spirit of a dog. I am not sure if Julia is familiar with Blake's The Ghost of a Flea . Good news, we have a new dog: Sadie Sadeworth Crozier--what she lacks in smarts she makes up in sweets. Stop by and visit her at the studio.
Matter
This painting, Matter, reflects Julie's ongoing interest in quantum physics. There is a largeness in the smallness that surpasses the smallness. Maybe I am going back to William Blake again who said something about seeing the universe in a grain of sand, or Julian of Norwich who saw creation in a chestnut ( I may have the type of nut wrong, feel free to send a correction). If you want to know more about what she was thinking stop in and ask her of her view on the cosmos--but watch out, you might end up in a heated discussion of the physics of "LOST."
Nature Study
Several years ago our local junior high school was closing down and they had a great sale on all sorts of educational materials and furniture. In fact the kitchen table I am writing at right now came from their science department. One of the other treasures we picked up was a flip chart of various animal species with cross sections and systems diagrams. This chart and several old science books were the inspiration for Julia's Nature Study.
April Marsh
As I was setting about updating this website which was long overdue, I noticed that on the Julia Crozier page there is a painting very similar to April Marsh. I am sure it is the same location, but there is more water present, or at least the angle that Julie shows it from shows more water. Since April is the flood season, one would expect to see the most water in the painting April Marsh as opposed to the painting River Marsh. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe the tuft of trees in the center of the painting led me astray. Anyway, nothing wrong with painting a scene several times with variables. Just like Monet's Waterlilies and Van Gogh's Haystacks . . .
The Invisible City
The Invisible City is a large painting, probably five feet across or so. Despite its abstract qualities, I still find it has that inviting Crozier element of making one want to climb into the painting and explore it. Just like a brick and mortar city, The Invisible City has a life inside its interior, or is it the interior that goes on under the brick and mortar, or under the appointments and telephone calls, or under the traffic patterns, or under any other of the myriad of other relational, mechanical, personal actions that make a city.