Ice Mother and ChildChagall in the Ice on the SidewalkWaning winter days of BostonThanks to Benjy who enables me to create stuff for dOG wALK aRT and for the free museums in and around us Without them this work would not be possibleAshley DavidoffTheCommonVein.net810 Founds these two slugs chatting at a table in the iceThought the beers would warm them up and add cheerFrom the series “The Art of Cold Water”Thanks to Benjy, who inspires dOG wLK aRT and to the free museums in and around usAshley DavidoffTheCommonVein.net807 A Day later – at 11deg F and -11.7 deg C,the dog became a chicken under blue skies amonga meadow of flowers (right)andsnow and ice in the trees in the forest and mountains (left)From the Series (The Art of Cold Water)Ashley DavidoffTheCommonVein.net806 A Dog of Ice Crystals on Our Kitchen WindowHow much is that doggie in the window? https://youtu.be/2AkLE4X-bbUFrom the Series “The Art of Cold Water”Ashley DavidoffTheCommonVein.net805 Gift ExchangeFrom the Series ” The Art of of Frosty Leaves”Courtesy dOG wALK aRT and the Free Museums In and Around UsFrom the Series ” The Art of Sticks”Ashley DavidoffTheCommonVein.net800 WINTER BUBBLES AFTER SNOW and ICE ,Microcosm of Winter Wonders in the Local Park(aka OVA in WAITING)Feb 2016pre dwa 0016 HANGING ON TO JOYS OF THE PAST IN THE FACE OF COLD REALITYSweet memories are always sweet,The future always springs new realitiesFeb 25 2016pre dwa0017 TINY FOREST IN SUMMER AND WINTERpre dwa0019c PLANTS THAT LOOK LIKE FEATHERS, FLOCK TOGETHER IN THE FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING.art from a kitchen window inspired by the ice crystals of winterpre dwa 0020 WINTER TREES OF THE PARK1) Norway Spruce at Sunset,2) Tree of Ice in a Puddle, and3) Ice on the Oak LeafDecember 01 2016176 WINTER AND FALL MEET FACE TO FACE IN AN INTIMATE MOMENTBranches on BranchesDecember 21 2016181 MAN IN THE MIRROR MAKING RESOLUTIONS 2017while walking Benjy.Found this Picasso in the ICE of the park. New Years resolutions in Cold CubismJanuary 01 2017190 A SPRIG O’ SPRING IN THE ICE?January 05 2017193 Eat your heart out all friends who have to deal with the warm sun todayIce puddle in the park before the snow stormJanuary 07 2017195 ONLY A MATTER OF TIMEAs I emerged into 20F (-7C) for a Benjy walk -“reality and dream” on the car windowJanuary 14 2017197 WAVES OF THE WINTERTime passesJanuary 17 2017198 WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A COLD SHOULDERWhen life gives you a cold shoulder Look at the bright side Where you will find that the grass is greenerAnd it will also be a little softer and warmerJanuary 26 2017202 Oh heaven why do you make it so cold for us old folk in BostonEven my tears are icing upJanuary 28 2017204 DA VINCI SAW THE CHIN TO CHIN CONVERSATION COMING IN ICE OF THE BOSTON WINTER OF 2017213 MOTHER AND DAUGHTER214 Shnozzel Durante speaking about winter in Brooklyn from a sunny beach in Acapulco” After a snowstorm that’s when its beautiful.The ice on the sidewalk…. the muddy slush on the gutters.”“Yeah, me and her and my two hot water bottles. You know it gets cold, nights in Acapulco!”215 LOOK FORWARD TO THE STONE AGE AS KING OF THE FUTURE(His first mistake – not learning from history!216 Art Of the Winter Asphalt Dog PathE Puribus Unum224 Said the evergreen to the iceball“I will have my way with you in the spring when you will wither away, and rather than embracing me with your hard and cold heart, you will enrich me from the bottom of my roots to the inner sanctum of my soul!”Each has a glorious moment in time, as the cycles of nature go around and around with ups and downs.229 ICE GEOMETRY IN DUPLICATE231 MOTHER AND CHILD UNDER THE MOONcreated from ice formations on the asphalt path233 MONETREFLECTIONS IN A MELTING ICE POND Things are always changing!237 JACK FROST VISITS NEWTON2017348 RECLINING ON A NUDE LEAFFrom the Series “Art of Cold Water”November 28, 2017354 15°F and -10°C AND STILL THEY DANCE IN THE STREETFrom the Series “Art of Cold Water”365th post inspired by the dog walkDecember 15, 2017365 TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN THE DOG PARK – Seasons GreetingsLove BenjyDecember 19, 2017 ·367 ICE CRYSTALS ON THE WINDOW – PAINLooking like trees on a hillIt is now -4°F = -20°C The refrigerator freezer temperature is 0° F (-18° C) So we are surrounded by a freeze box today372b RAIN and FREEZE – YET THE GRASS LIVES ONFrom the Series “Art of Cold Water”January 24378 BLUE BIRD OF HAPPINESS FLYING IN THE ICEJanuary 28 2018380 SUNRISE ON ICEJanuary 29 2018381 NIGHT RIDER inspired by PicassoFebruary 3 2018383 2 STATES OF WATERSOLID and LIQUID,STATIC AND FLOWINGFebruary 6 2018385 LEAVES OF ICEFebruary 8 2018387 EDVARD MUNCHIce Cream,The ScreamFebruary 10389b01 WINTER OLYMPICS5 Rings .. of a SortGo USA!!February 10 2018389c TINY DANCER –Size of a Blade of GrassFrom the Series “Art of Cold Water”February 11390 CRYSTAL MAN WITH CROOKED SMILEFrom the Series “Art of Cold Water”February 12 2018391 SOLAR SYSTEM ON ICEFebruary 16 2018394c HAPPY LION ICE FACE WELCOMING THE SUN-sunrise on a layer of cracking thin ice in the park.February 17 2018395 THE MORNING AFTER A 5 INCH SNOWSTORM – AGAINST A CLOUDLESS BLUE SKY!!!The beauty of winter is sometimes breathtaking!From the Series “Art of Cold Water”February 19 ·2018396 ICICLE BIRD – ARTISTIC LICENCE IN ICEThis post is #400 since dwA arrived on the scene June 2016.It depicts a slight change in the art- Basic elements of the art in the ice is retained and the imagination is let loose to wander and wonder!February 23 2018400 Winter Halloween PumpkinFebruary 24 2018401 COLD SHOULDER or FROZEN SHOULDER? February 25 2018402 LATE WINTER EARLY SPRINGMarch 3 2018407 PICASSOHead of a Woman in IceMarch 26 2018417