Winging, Wondering

What does it mean to have a painting style?

I don't know.

Accustomed to a Chorus of Meadowlarks Over the Blackjack Hills
4x6" postcard; acrylic, pastel, and collage
abstract
2019

Steadfast

These homesteaders fought long and hard to get and keep a toehold on this patch of land, fending off wreckers, developers, and other bullheaded, short-sighted demolitionists hell-bent on 'progress' and 'improvement.' With patience and the long view they turned the earth, seeded, reseeded, tended, cultivated, and protected, called to steadfast stewardship, never wavering when it appeared that all might have been lost.

Everything There Seemed to Belong Where It Was
4x6" postcard; acrylic, pastel, and collage on drawing paper,
mounted on card stock
abstract landscape
2019

In Decision

I was in decision—replete with indecision—almost constantly as I painted this postcard, surprised by many choices I made, puzzled more than once by what to do next, making one decision, and another, and yet one more, not knowing when I might feel the little ping of completion, wondering if I'd miss the little ping altogether and barrel along to a place of no return.

What evolved could not have been more unexpected.

Yet I was there every step of the way.

The Decisions Only You Can Make
4x6" postcard; acrylic, pastel, and collage on drawing paper,
mounted on card stock
abstract
2019

Triggers

• text messages that won't send
• stores that don't carry what I'm looking for
• stores that are listed online but which turn out to be permanently closed when I call
• insects landing in the paint I apply to the bulkhead doors which are decidedly awkward to paint
• bills from at&t that are confusing, difficult to decipher, and contain errors

Every Trigger Is a Healing Opportunity
4x6" postcard; acrylic, ink, pastel, and collage on drawing paper,
mounted on card stock
abstract
2019

detail

p.s. scanned (and therefore flat v. curled) image below