I’m off and runnning, but where you ask?

I was hooked again, I couldn’t get enough painting. I was in the studio painting one canvas, taking a picture, painting another canvas, taking a picture, etc. every hour I could find. I’m working with line and topographic elements and my cellular structures and layering paint and trying to work out colors and making all kinds of decisions. Here’s an interim look at what I was working on with the various canvases (I am voracious):

another painting

Yes, I know they are hideous, but they are layers. They are sketchbooks where I try out ideas. I get to see what works and what doesn’t, what I like and what I don’t and I keep painting on top even with areas I like. That’s the hard part. Risk. Not being safe. It’s all good.

Here’s where it took me, and keep in mind I am still not done!

to this:

and another:

I’m still nowhere where I want to be, but I am encouraged. Dan shows me how to work with my surface texture and paint application techniques, and I explore the forms I think are working. I am liking scratching and revealing what is underneath the surface and drawing by removing paint. Oooh, yum. I like the topographic elements and how they reference my cellular structures too. Here’s a detail:

This is where I want to be going, I love the way this looks, just this spot. OK so on to another canvas…