Island Passage, June Morning

Island Passage, June Morning-- Painting by Kevin Macneil Brown, watercolor on paper,

June 2011

north beach drift 2

Beginning, arriving; the thickening of all

blessings; the fullness of this

sky full of migrating hawks

all day, once the morning

finds its zenith.

A streak of unknown

light on the lake

is un-remarked but not unnoticed

in the slash of seams at

the edge of uncountable

years.

And those who sailed and

paddled these bays, coves, creeks,

passages

so long ago

have left a flash of thoughts--

no more words or marks--

but nonetheless a vividness

of presence,

an imprint.

Today, tall sedges

beyond

the spillway sway…and

gray water stirs

a sleeping idea

at the source of all reflection.

-Kevin Macneil Brown

June Dusk, Lake Champlain

June Dusk, Lake Champlain

Painting by Kevin Macneil Brown, watercolor on paper, 2011

Lake Champlain Liminal, Late Spring, Dusk

Lake Champlain Liminal, Late Spring, Dusk

Painting by Kevin Macneil Brown, watercolor and gouache on paper, 2011