Dawn, Essex

By Carrie Jacobson
Dawn comes later and later these days, and dusk earlier. I saw a red leaf in a tree surely stressed by drought, and summer’s heat, but still, it is a harbinger.

I painted sunflowers this week. One of the paintings sold before I’d finished it; another sold before it dried, and I never even took a photo! I will post one next week.

I finished this one this week, and it seems right to put it up on Zest. It feels like a day of dawns today, for some reason. The air this morning is fresh and cool, and I can smell autumn, just there, just beyond the horizon.

The Mystic Outdoor Art Festival is not this weekend, but next. If you’re in Connecticut, or feel like coming, stop in and say hello! I will be at the corner of Willow and Main, and I will have new paintings – and sunflowers!

This painting is 24 x 24, oil on canvas. If you’re interested in finding out more about it, please email me at carrieBjacobson@gmail.com

Dawn on the Marsh, Essex, MA

By Carrie Jacobson

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

So said Albert Schweitzer, and so say I.

I am still mourning my dear Kaja, but I had a show to do last weekend, and grief or not, I was committed. My heart was not in it, but I loaded the van, and I drove to Wickford, RI, and in the blazing heat and humidity, set up the tent, set up the display, and, on Saturday, waited for the show to open.

The sun beat down, the humidity closed in, and the people came. They came, and they talked, and they admired and they shared their stories with me. Shared their lives with me. Told me about the dogs they had loved, about losing their own parents, about worrying about their children, and seeking inspiration in lives that seemed to be going flat.

They shared their hearts with me, these strangers, and they brought me back again. They lighted that inner flame again.

Thank you, everyone who wrote, for your kind words and condolences. They helped enormously, as well.

If you would like to find out more about this painting, please email me at carrieBjacobson@gmail.com