Visions in a Dark Mirror, 2022 DREAM OF A HARPY She gazes into her Cheval mirror, searches for a reflection.   At the vanishing point, in the mirror’s depth of field, she finds herself in profile, a mythic raptor.   From inside the mirror to open window, an upward flight.   She rises into sky…

El Cap. 2021 EL CAPITAN Bones of climbers, granite mountain history, truth of many stones.   Lara Gularte El Cap, 2021, Graphite on paper

White Winds, 2021 WHITE WINDS Wind blows in my face archangels bring light a dance of pure air.   Lara Gularte White winds, 2021, Oil on canvas

Plunge to the Poloti, 2021 THE PLUNGE The moon brims over, we begin in white waters, reborn, we emerge.   Lara Gularte Plunge to the Poloti, 2021, Graphite on paper

North of Eden, 2022 North of Eden Ten thousand pastel ghosts collide Melting sunset stolen hues Into shifting ragged shapeless lines Moving borders of misperception As departing daylight sets A cold and empty magic Storehouse of unlit tombstones Standing somewhat sentinel Over Edgeless shapes fading silently Toward un-mooned blue-black darkness Fleet with afterthoughts of re-reflected…

Range of Light (Triptych), 2022, oil on canvas To the Mountain   You rise in my mind magnetic, your peaks hold north like an old compass.   Cold winters ago we searched you for a snowman buried under snow.   Thickets tangle us, you let us loose in meadow, your heights flowering cloud.   Taylor…

Primordial Sound (Center of the Universe), 2021 Primordial   Three days of wind and flowing water, pulse of brain and heart, raven, bits of trail talk, no other voices.   Topo map marked with our route – accomplished. Now driving home, symphony on car radio   but it jars. I’m still tuned to boot-step after…

Nanutak in Yellow (Apparitions and Glacial Ghosts), 2021 Glacial Ghosts   the mountain’s sunlit hand, stone fingers pointing skyward – and the spaces between   an eroding itch between the fingers the hand beckoning, guiding you upward –   and the itch that pulls you off your bearing daring you past your caution   drawing…

Silent Dawn, 2019, oil on canvas Art, Life for a hiker killed in a fall, July 1983   seeking is the climb dawning into night – mountain, empty sky   edgy art of light – a hiker’s feet set on stone, lens on forever   lines imply movement shapes unmoving on paper textures spaces shades…

North of Eden, 2022, oil on canvas Beyond Eden   on this giddy height what words can bridge the abyss? catch breath – breathe deeper   *who asks for poems about loss? this image – peaks at sunset, sunrise   Taylor Graham North of Eden, 2022, Oil on canvas

Fire in the Sky, 2022, oil on canvas Fire in the Sky   Dark ridge, deep canyons forest combusted to cloud – earth-scape in fire fall.   Landmarks torched away switchbacks where the trees held us – such sudden drop-offs.   On the burn-scar fringe skeleton of juniper aspen leafing out.   Taylor Graham Fire…

Spirit of the Puffing Wind, 2022, oil on canvas Talon & Wing   Sudden overhead banner in wind – Red-shoulder Hawk – scream-dance thru oaks.   Taylor Graham Spirit of the Puffing Wind, 2022, Oil on canvas

Spirit of the Puffing Wind, 2022 Moon Behind Mountain   Warbling wood thrush sing Whistling from thickets afar Soft sounds this evening   Sandhill cranes take flight Snowy plovers dance in dunes Trumpeter swans watch   Flocks in formation Sign it’s time for migration Better weather south   Tundra swans seek asylum On river delta…

Plunge to the Poloti, 2021 Plunge to the Poloti   I was at those Falls Defining memory-ware With Glacier polish Surviving Basalt globules From tectonic Mantel’s movement And North South slip joint Pressure as gradual release Under repeated Ice Cycles Glacial clearing- Leaving the top waterfall Funneling down into a fierce Moving sheet of water…

Face of a Woman Stained with Tears 3, 2021 Face of a Woman Stained with Tears   A Kinetic Motion The youthful figure I resent Going somewhere Simple space filling Projecting my own infected mind Harboring jealousy – It lingers, this image Strengthens maybe subsonic motion Instant data Karma transfer But… New York City amplified?…

Haikus Inspired by the Dark Mountain, Deep Valley Exhibit   Well, count ‘m all up Then the seven syllables, End with the last five.   First there’s being born Then comes a long stretch of time, Before cremation.   The high cost of gas Has become a test of nerves, Evaporation.   Young poets somewhere…

Visions in a dark mirror, 2021 Chicken Fight   Chicken licken finger crow Five four flight for me Eye to eye we stand, let’s fight!   Kat Solares Visions in a Dark Mirror, 2022, Oil on canvas

Untitled piece, 2021 Spill the tea   Leaves fall, trees sway, upside-down. Drip drop drape me over Now I can fill my teacup.   Kat Solares Untitled, 2021, Watercolor on paper

Death of a cloud, 2022 Playing Catch   The young boy views the flier Buzz buzz the bee sings loudly Catches him like a firefly   Kat Solares The Death of a Cloud (Arising, Abiding, Returning. The Same Unutterable Place), 2022, Oil on canvas edit

Plunge to Poloti, 2021 Drowner   Falls. The water from the top. Eagle mountain drop Screams the child, I cannot swim   Kat Solares Plunge to the Poloti, 2021, Graphite on paper

North of Eden, 2022 Protest   Clamors to the spectical Voices grow so loud about Together we will rise above   Kat Solares North of Eden, 2022, Oil on canvas

Nanutak in Black, 2021 Clownfish   Clownfish in anemone Colors all in shade Shall he eat you today, fish?   Kat Solares Nanutak in Black (Apparitions and Glacial Ghosts), 2021, Mixed media on paper

Face of a Woman Stained with Tears Land of Death   Jaws and teeth in boneyard scape You cannot scrape by Death passed through here yesterday   Kat Solares Face of a Young Woman Stained With Tears in Black, 2022, Oil on canvas

White Winds, 2021 Dancing Ladies   Dance, dance ladies in the dark Flowing white dresses Swirling in the wind with music   Kat Solares White winds, 2021, Oil on

Range of Light, 2022 WAR   Fragmented sections of war Swords aloft in crazed rage My side just wants thier food HOT   Kat Solares Range of Light (Triptych), 2022, Oil on canvas

From a Pool of Serpents, 2021 Death Bird   Death bird, wreched bird, of nights flight From the stars, watching Will I live to see tomorrow?   Kat Solares From a Pool of Serpents, 2021, Mixed media on paper

It’s hard to assign one particular painting to either of these two poems. I was taken with an overall impression of Loren Christoffson’s exciting exhibit. His focus on positive and negative space in many of his pieces prompted me to play with the idea of ‘weight and weightlessness’ as in ‘mind over matter’. And the…

Mostly Face of a Young Woman Stained with Tears, 2022 burn out   the peak of the cliff rips a hole in the sky in the shape of a bird that pitches to ground and burns like a phoenix   Beatrice Pizer Face of a Young Woman Stained With Tears in Black, 2022, Oil on…

Face of a Young Woman Stained with tears in black, 2022 Amorphous Thought   Indefinite darkness looms Uncertain times breathe Truth felt in lone granite rock   Ukiah Poem (reverse Haiku)   Sue McMahon Face of a Young Woman Stained With Tears (study) in Black, 2022, Sumi ink on paper

Fire in the Sky, 2022 Fire in the Sky   fire consumes forest animals run to nowhere searching for a home   Sue McMahon Fire in the Sky, 2022 , Oil on canvas

White Winds, 2021 White Winds   Winds rip the grey clouds Blowing them everywhere Static torn souls wait   Sue McMahon White winds, 2021, Oil on canvas

Face of Woman Stained with Tears 2, 2021 Face of Woman Stained with Tears   Lost in the darkness Wandering about the dale A deer stands stoic   Sue McMahon Face of a Woman Stained with Tears 2, 2021, Graphite on paper

The Death of a Cloud (arising, abiding, returning the same unutterable place), 2022 The Death of a Cloud   Mist collides with rocks Ending their wild windy dance Alone in the sky   Sue McMahon The Death of a Cloud (Arising, Abiding, Returning. The Same Unutterable Place), 2022, Oil on canvas edit

Primordial Sound (Center of the Universe), 2021 Primordial Sound   Record spinning loud Dirty vinyl repeating Stuck on piece of dust   Sue McMahon Primordial Sound (Center of the Universe), 2021, Oil on canvas