Rich DuBose

Mark Beck (American Artist, born 1957)
"The Open Window", 2025.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40 × 50 inches.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

“Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.” —Tasneern Harneed

A view of the open lands of the wetlands. Dry grasses fill the area with mountains in the background. Taken during a dry season brought on by draught.

"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival"
Wendell Berry

Evening walk in Cameron Park, CA. (Feb. 20, 2026)

Evening walk in Cameron Park, CA. (Feb. 20, 2026)

Niki Bowers, Snow Starlings, linocut, n.d.

The soft light of February’s moon.

The soft light of February’s moon.

" Winter knows to hush,
still, listen,
so the soul can speak. "

February’s early morning colors, Cameron Park, California.

February’s early morning colors, Cameron Park, California.

Print featuring a snowy woodland as snow melts forming a puddle of water reflecting trees and sky

'January Thaw' by contemporary US printmaker Jeanne Amato #WomensArt

“Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:17-18 NLT). When we pay back evil with evil we adopt the “monetary system” of evil and legitimize it.

“Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:17-18 NLT).

When we pay back evil with evil we adopt the “monetary system” of evil and legitimize it.

Contentment is more valuable than gold.

Contentment is more valuable than gold.

YouTube video by The Trump Kennedy Center "America, Come" - Aoife O'Donovan with the National Symphony Orchestra

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“The best way — and the only effective way — to complain about the way things are is to make new and better things, untested and unexampled things, things that spring from the gravity of creative conviction and drag the status quo like a tide toward some new horizon.” —William Blake

My painting TOWERING STORM

An Eastern Bluebird perched on a snowy branch.

Good Saturday morning friends. Stay warm and safe this weekend. #birds

Have a heart- Cameron Park, CA, Jan. 24, 2026

Have a heart- Cameron Park, CA, Jan. 24, 2026

Patched up heart

Patched up heart

Gray Agave, 6:30 a.m. in Cameron Park, California, January 23, 2026

Gray Agave, 6:30 a.m. in Cameron Park, California, January 23, 2026

Shadows

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." --Lily Tomlin

Clare Allan (British Artist, born 1966)

"Abide with Me", 2001.

Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Political dialogue is the weakest form of interpersonal conversation.

This is what wakes me up. Early morning sky, January 18, 2026, Cameron Park, CA.

This is what wakes me up. Early morning sky, January 18, 2026, Cameron Park, CA.

If we are accused of anything, may it be for peace-making and showing compassion to all.

I am mesmerized by the gradations of color, over Cameron Park, California.

I am mesmerized by the gradations of color, over Cameron Park, California.

African Milk Tree,Cameron Park, CA

African Milk Tree,Cameron Park, CA.

A beautiful pink Callas (Zantedeschia), in Folsom, CA.

A beautiful pink Callas (Zantedeschia), in Folsom, CA.

“We don’t fight hate by hate, revenge by revenge, or evil by evil. We fight hate by love, revenge by forgiveness, and evil by the power of the living God. The difference between you and the enemy who persecutes you is forgiveness and love.” —Darren Wilson

Crooked poles on a winter’s day, in Chemult, Oregon

Crooked poles on a winter’s day, in Chemult, Oregon

Knitted tree, Bend, Oregon

Knitted tree, Bend, Oregon