Continuous Loop

idea, trial
error trial nope trial*
oh! resolution

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*repeat as indicated

Through the Heaven-Reaching Evergreens
12 x 12"; acrylic, ink, and pastel on masonite panel
abstract landscape
2019

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history:

free already-painted masonite panel
acquired at neighborhood yard sale

my first layers on the panel;
acrylic over black gesso

multiple layers later, 
over another coat of black gesso

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detail photographs, showcasing accident and blessing, layering and scraping, mixing and remixing, tapping lived experience and flying blind, trying one thing after another and responding to my inner compass moment by moment:

Whispers on the Wind

yes no maybe so
walking changing step by step
here there letting go

Holding Fast in Rising Wind
12x12"; acrylic, ink, and pastels on masonite panel
abstract
2019

Listening to Whispers

put on your hiking
shoes, could be mud. nourishing
unexpected walk.

Whispers of the Heart
12 x 12"; acrylic on masonite board
abstract
2019

There Comes a Spring Day

there comes a spring day
when school is impossible—
just impossible

There Comes a Spring Day
3.75 x 5.75" postcard; acrylic, ink, and wax pastel on card stock
abstract
2019

Painting

benjamin moore's full
moon in bathroom; payne's gray and
blue in studio

detail, work in progress
12 x 12"; acrylic on masonite panel

From Deep Underground

one line, paint and brush.
no target, no idea.
then: spring flower show!

Light, Shouting for Attention
12 x 12"; acrylic, ink, collage, and oil pastel on masonite panel
abstract
2019

Another Circuit

Another circuit
around the sun. Glad I am
to celebrate you.

Firecrackers & Festivities
4 x 5" greeting card; acrylic
abstract
 2019

Plumbers Both

Dan the bathroom man
plumbs the master bath, while I
plumb sea, salt, sky, swell.

work in progress
16 x 20", acrylic on canvas

Up from Below the Surface

When inner sub-marine currents started nudging, I pulled out a painted canvas previously featured on September 4, 2017 and October 17, 22, and 23 of 2018.

Covered it with black gesso, grabbed a ceramic tile for a starting color reference, mixed up colors, and let an expression of salty seawater and phytoplankton make itself known.

work in progress
16 x 20'; acrylic on canvas

In Like a Lion

A week or two ago I put paint on a page in my sketchbook. After a short while, what sat before me was irritatingly ugly.

I cut the page in half. Hoped to extract a pleasing composition.

Nope.

Irritating. Ugly.

I picked it up today. So little lost if I tossed it—a 4x5" patch of paint on paper.

But, really, throw away a start?

Now, a postcard on its way to my dad : )

Tell the Stories that Come Through You One Day at a Time
4 x 5" postcard; acrylic, collage, and pastel on watercolor paper
abstract
2019