More What If

What if I tear another patch of food wrap paper with lifted paint on it and adhere it to a square of watercolor paper with matte medium?

What if I search through my pens-and-markers stash to find a fine-tip pen with ink still flowing?

What if I blur my vision, soften my mind, and then trace whatever fine lines ask to be traced on my collaged food wrap?

What if I keep responding intuitively and playfully to the marks I make?

What if I stop here?

To See More Fully What There Is to See
7 x 7"; acrylic, ink, and oil pastel on watercolor paper
abstract
2022

And then, what if I rotate this piece clockwise 45˚?!

Still Skittering

 Still having fun.

work in process, fourth pass

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partial history:

third pass

Neutrals (7)

Neutral-thinking exploration

• When I stand still for more than a minute outdoors at 445a, a mosquito finds me.
• When I sit two hours later beside Bass River, I am chilled by strong breezes.
• Our back deck, where I usually eat lunch al fresco, is today occupied by house painters, drop cloths, ladders, scraping tools, electric sanders, and a boom box.


Painting-with-neutrals exploration

postcard start #5, resting