winter

lesson in survival...Koi under ice by St Nicholas Day

Trust Creativity

recycled plastic with LED lighting on LIVE blue spruce...Happy Winter Solstice
the ground hog is sleeping

War and Peace

Textiles in the time of War in the USA

The tall grass in snow 

Zebra grass after snow 

Bamboo over Koi

Thanksgiving Day 

maple at pond

Nov 24, 2010

giving thanks

to Thanksgiving...

home...

4 decades inspiring my art: Berheim Arboretum and Research Forest , KY

Sunday after much needed rain...

work from nature

1-16-2010
Originally uploaded by magnusonart

Gray Bernheim, oil and acrylic painting by Dennis Shaffner

...like bringing the pond inside for winter...

Like cardinals in flight...

a happy autumn to all

Before the long summer drought...nesting instinct

It's coming on Xmas....

old sketch, "autumn" '09

November 2010

After the storm

Long and Winding thread....

Premier fall 2010 Issue of SPOOL now on news stands acorss the land for thread and fiber people: knitting, crochet, needlepoint, crewel, counted cross stitch and MORE...

BIRDnest

recycled materials woven BIRDnest

before the drought

panorama in spring before the long hot summer

Kentucky Politics

The Aqua Buddha fishes

Imagine Peace Tower

Imagine Peace Tower
Originally uploaded by Yoko Ono official

OCTOBER...peace on planet earth

Like Paris in Degas' time. Kentucky State Fair

Kentucky!

World's best!

K-2 grade Painting 

2010 Kentucky State Fair Purchase Prize winner

Student Photo Best Monochrome in Show

Watercolor entry

detail Painting

Painting 

Painting

Painting 

Painting entry

Painting

Painting detail

Textile open work QUILT

Quilt entry

Painting 

Painting 

Painting