This is an intuitive abstract I painted recently. I had the color red on my mind and thought it would be fun to see where it led me. I wasn’t aiming for anything particular. Just a little abstract practice. I started off with some luminescent acrylic paints and acrylic markers…
Tag: Richard Bist
Nature
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Photography Moment – Busy Sky
Walking out of the grocery store on Sunday, I looked up and was amazed at the streaks of white crisscrossing the sky. To me, it looked like someone had taken a brush and made random streaks of white paint on a textured canvas. I’ve always been fascinated with contrails, the…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – September 25, 2026
I found these inky cap mushrooms growing at the base of one of my raised garden beds. From what I read on Google, they tend to appear around rotting wood. Which makes sense. When I set up a raised bed, I fill it halfway with branches, small tree limbs, leaves,…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Tropical Dreams
With summer wrapping up here in the Northern Hemisphere, I thought I’d try to paint a summer image that will carry me through to next spring. I wanted to see something bright, luminescent, and cheerful. I didn’t start with a particular vision in mind, just a handful of colors. Using…
Art
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Photography Moment – Filtered Sunlight
While the image above may look like an abstract painting, it’s actually a photo I took recently. This is sunlight filtered through window blinds and reflecting on a wall in my home. It caught my eye one hot afternoon. I tend to keep the blinds closed in the heat of…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – September 18, 2026
Nothing extravagant for this week’s Floral Friday. Instead, I thought I’d share this little mushroom. It may be the tiniest one I’ve ever seen. I was rolling up the garden hose the other day and happened to look down. There, amongst the brown and gray fallen leaves was a little…
Dogs
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Photography Moment – Morning Mist
We took the dogs out for a drive early Sunday morning, before the traffic picked up, and headed down to Miller’s Landing on Lake Jackson. The lake has been a subject of previous photos, but this time I was able to capture some early morning mist on the water. Lake…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – September 11, 2026
I think Morning Glories have some of the prettiest flowers. The one growing in my yard has soft, pastel blue blooms. They are currently growing in a spot near my back patio, amid a collection of Jewel of Thailand and several potted fruit trees. What I like about the photo…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Zinnia
After posting the photo of my late-season Zinnia last week, it’s been on my mind. Something about the colors of the flower petals stuck in my head. I wasn’t interested in recreating the flower itself, but I wanted to try and capture the shades of pink and red that were…
Influences
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Music Moment – I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)
There are some songs that always make me feel good, feel hopeful. “I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)” by Donald Fagen is one of those songs. Fagen, if you aren’t familiar with him, was one half of Steely Dan, cowriting all their songs with the late Walter Becker. “I.G.Y.” is the…