CATALPA TREES

I caught this last flowering Catalpa tree. They are beautiful trees with large heart-shaped leaves and clusters of Orchid-like flowers.

GROWTH

Humans believe in growth. Ongoing growth, endless growth. Bigger, steadily improved life. Not many seem to worry about how that’s going to turn out.

Nothing can go further than the utterly extreme; then it must turn back. All that is created must decay and transform into something else. So, to aim for constant growth is taking the road to destruction. Yet it is the belief all over the world that the economy should be growing constantly.

TEA SET

I made a tea set like this and sold it at our pre-mother's-day sale, so I started making this one right away and it came out exactly like the first one.

QUOTE

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
— Dr. Seuss

TRIPOD

NEW PAINTING AND BOWL

RUNE REVIVAL

Rune Revival.

THREE MORE

The Picture is not the Thing.

Trinity.

Blessings and Sufferings.

CONTINUING GRAPHOLOGICAL POEMS

Souvenir of a Meeting.

The Blues.

Jazz.

Overcoming Ignorance.

FOUR PICTURES

For Bryan.

The Helpers.

No Doubt.

Before Numbers.

I have to admit that the interesting tones in the corners of the paper come from insufficient lighting!

NATURE IMITATING ART

LATEST WORKS

TEA SET

There are three more cups in this tea set.

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

Japan is a mess. Let this remind us of how vulnerable we are with all our gadgets. I hope it will make somebody think deeply about "clean" nuclear power.
I pray for the Japanese people who are suffering so much loss and distress.

Last night I painted this picture of Hokkaido, the dream island that I was close to visit, but shall never see, I think.
As a child I traveled the world via our two by four feet atlas from the eighteen nineties, and I still have a passion for maps - and for looking at earth from a jet!

First, here is a mug that I just got home from the display case at the studio:


Then, three drawings made these last days. Inspired by the documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat - "The Radiant Child" - I have tried a new approach to painting. I go at it with the same intent and enthusiasm as I did in my childhood. These maps are made from memory. Part of the inner city of Copenhagen, Sjælland, the island where I was born, and Southern Europe, the Mediterranian and Africa.

RUNES AGAIN

Click to enlarge!

DANCERS IN OAKLAND, CA

TWO STAGES

UNTITLED

TWO OF A SET OF FOUR

The first one came out like what I aimed for without really knowing. On the second and the rest of the bowls the glaze (Spotted Shino) did different things with shades of gray and brown.

FRIENDLY AFRICAN HAT

PERSIMMON

TODAY A RAINBOW

FINISHING

I knew that Act of Balance wasn't finished!

ACT OF BALANCE

FALL

The last of the trees shedding its leaves

I sold this cup and took a picture before it left me. I like this African inspired style and have several lined up for next kiln. It's going to take some time though, because the kiln was fired today.

I hung the tree of life on my wall.

SOLD

The pottery sale was a big success in spite of the weather - or maybe the cool and cloudy day was inviting people to go Christmas shopping instead of tempting them to the beach. Between 2 and 3 it started to rain heavily and it became a bit lonely for those who were set up outside under canopies. My friends, Leela and Tom, both came after I had packed up my stuff. That's the kind of people I know, I joked, but they came in handy to help me carry stuff to the car.

BEFORE THE SALE

Clay Creation is having a pottery sale in the parking lot on Sunday December 5.

THE LAST ROSE