Simplify

Loved everything about Gillian St. George's Instagram post on April 11. Her art caught my eye, as it invariably does, and so too did her words: decided to simplify—used a small size of paper, with just a few lovely colors and simple strong shapes.

Gillian inspired my painting today. In little snippets of time over the course of the morning, I taped off a new patch on Core Values, gessoed it for a clean start, painted several collage papers in different values of raw umber, and raided my box of existing collage scraps to cull additional pieces for possible use. This afternoon, after some snips, tears, arranging, rearranging, and gluing, I created a new patch.

I moved it from beginning to end in short order. Woo hoo!

It is simpler in design and detail than at least half of its fellow patches, though probably twice as complex as I'd envisioned—an engaging first time out of the gate with my intention to use just a few lovely colors and simple strong shapes. 

Next: absorb today's experience, and experiment again.

newest patch

detail

new patch in the bigger picture;
working title: Core Values

Snags

My felt sense after painting today is one of having some sort of mesh cage stuck in my chest.

My knee-jerk reaction is to want to stomp on the cage, or kick it away.

But, instead, I am walking over to shake hands and say hello.

newest patch painted onto grid-format work-in-progress

detail from today's patch

in the bigger picture;
working title: Core Values