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"A Break in the Clouds" by Karen Hansen on Zatista.com

Right now, with winter fading away and all the color in the world returning, I feel like I’m driving down a very long, very dark tunnel. The exit is still a ways off, but I’m driving very fast. In a short time, I’ll come shooting out, surrounded by all that has been missing.

"Ocean Dawn" by Simon Fairless on Zatista.com

Of course, it’s impossible to see the moment that Spring actually arrives. There’s no threshold to cross – suddenly the brush is just moving. It spreads forth, ever-expanding, like a painting started at some random spot on a canvas.

"Trends" by Sharis DeJaynes on Zatista.com

A lingering sense of a beginning endures, but everything blends together as in a perfect composition. The season is the ultimate creative act, like the colors themselves are invented for the first time each year.

"Disarray" by Tracy Mewmaw on Zatista.com

Before we know it, the new tones and hues will be too numerous to acknowledge individually anymore, so enjoy the anticipation – or at least try to. The first brushstrokes today will soon be the masterpiece of summer.
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Change is always in the air no matter what season it is. Have you ever stopped to consider what effect these changes have on the colors we choose?
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"Home at Last" Tracy Mewmaw zatista.com

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"Twisted River Road" Susan Reed zatista.com

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"Pieces of April" Carolyn Finnell zaitsta.com

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"Tiger Lillies" Konnie Kim zatista.com

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"Seasons" Jeffrey Hummel zatista.com

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"Central Park Limbs" Jennifer Childs zatista.com

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"Village Color" by Barbara Andolsek on Zatista.com

All this snow that we’re getting is great and everything — I do love a good snowshoe trek or two — but I think I may be starting get a bad case of scurvy. I need some vitamin C STAT!

"Oak Tree" by Michelle Han on Zatista.com

Don’t worry, I don’t live on a schooner and I’m definitely not a castaway of any sort. I’ve got plenty of limes and lemons, what I need is some color!

"Mother and Child" by Tom Megalis on Zatista.com

The stark white austerity of a New England winter is nothing to scoff at, and I don’t mean to get everyone thinking about spring at this early date, but I regret not storing away some eye-popping color for these snowy days.

"Mystery of a Smile" by Thomas Syfan on Zatista.com

I need the art equivalent of a spice market in a quaint Caribbean town nestled on an azure bay. Forget about the money, show me the color! Vanilla ice cream, no! Fruit salad, yes!

"Standing Alone" by Josh A. Gagnier on Zatista.com

Whew, sorry — got a little carried away there, but hopefully this little selection of art from Zatista will brighten your day, too.

"To Market" by Bonnie Jones on Zatista.com

Yesterday I arrived at my local farmer’s market to find one of my favorite young farmers calling out like a carnival barker. “This is it people! It’s go time! Get it while it’s good!” he shouted, smiling over the fruits (and veggies) of his labor.

"Hot Tomato" by Ann Painter on Zatista.com

I looked around and realized he was speaking the truth (ever earnest, he’s hardly one to spin a yarn). Everywhere I looked crates were stacked high with perfect vegetables, all color and gleam at high noon. Here in Maine where I live the growing season is mercilessly short–June to October more or less–and that means that by mid-August we’re in full harvest mode.

"Radishes" by Konnie Kim on Zatista.com

How could it be? How could the few short weeks of blushing tomatoes and luscious summer melons be upon us already? It’s a stark realization every year, but this year I have a new tactic.

"Peppers" by Tony Dunphy on Zatista.com

Sure, I’m going to stack my freezer high and gear up for some canning, but I’m also going to load up on some harvest art for the “less accommodating” months ahead. That way, at least my eyes can feast on some fresh local veggies when I get the trucked-in-from-California-or-grown-indoors blues. The color will do my place good, too, and remind me that once upon a time I drank iced coffee and wore shorts and worked up a sweat walking bags of fresh produce home in the hot summer sun.