16 x 20"Acrylic and liquid Watercolor on gallery wrapped canvas
"The Elegance of Limits"
Other possible titles? "GPS Directions", "Orange States vs Yellow States" , "City Planning", "Gerrymandering", or "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"? Can you think of one?
This abstract started with a "paint throw" with Dr. Ph Martin's Hydrus Fine Art liquid watercolor out on the lawn one sunny afternoon in the fall in Florida. Why? Don't know...It just felt right. I can't say why. Throwing paint or splattering paint can free you up when you feel you've started painting way too tight.
I've painted "on this" and "at this" for now maybe 4-5 months...dabbling here and there on it both in Florida and then here in Madison. Sort of comforting knowing I had something unfinished that just needed some "dabbling" on. This is not signed...so I must feel it's not completely done yet.
Then at the same time, I had a title "Birds on a Wire" but the painting hadn't started. Sometimes it works that way too. This is planned to be a diptych with two 16 x 20 canvas panels. That's a lot of birds. But birds are sort of theme with me this time of year and in this apartment up in the Sycamore Tree.
I am still sketching and keeping my journals in watercolor but I am sort of off on an acrylic theme right now. Friend, Mary, acknowledge this trend by sending me some lovely bird song. Click here. I hope it opens for you. Just click on a bird to hear it sing.
My journal for April has begun but it slowed down a bit. Greg is thinking about his garden now as May approaches. We went to the West Side Farmer's market this morning and got him some tomato plants to get him started. I think I need to put them in the journal. Also wonderful Cinnamon Scones.
The Zoom Zentangle class is tomorrow afternoon. That should be fun. More on that later.
Dear Ginny,sounds like you are indeed settling in.I am not doing much art, had some health challenges but enjoy seeing yours so much,sending hugs
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