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Posts by Birgit Zipser

Dune

Dune
61 x 45, oil on birch panel

Do you see sky or water?
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mist rolling in

Seeing the mist rolling in from the lake over the big dune,
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coming closer, enveloping,
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until finally, only feeling surrounded by grey.

Shapes

7-amoil on maple, 24 x 18 inches.

This spring, I started sketching landscapes rather than only photographing them. My first motif was the view from a bluff. Painting on site would be cumbersome because it would mean dragging supplies along a 20 min hike. more… »

Listening II

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oil on board, 12 x 12 inches

Here is the companion to Listening I.

Two kinds of meditation – whirling and quiet. more… »

Clay and Lichen

A documentary on the progress of a layer of clay descending a dune
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Oil on maple, 24 x 18 inches

For more than a decade, we have been watching a layer of clay slowly descending a slope of the Empire Bluff. Usually, the ‘necklace’ stands out as a vegetation-free band. But on a winter day, it was nicely accentuated by snow.

I have given up walking around this aspect of the bluff out of concern that there suddenly could be a slide of clay. Two decades ago, the north-western most tip of the dunes at Glenhaven caved in after I walked there with my dog. Since then, I have grown to respect the forces of nature here.

Wet Spring

A natural riverside park were I went to relax – a long time ago.

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Lightning Bolt Pattern

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