The following works were primed Thursday the 11th with a tinted salmon pink gesso that was not subtle and presented a challenge for me today. There are two works on paper and three on wooden panels. I’ll start with the smallest and move to the largest. The daily progression of the larger piece will be added to the end of this page until I am done. Keep on scrolling!

This one is @ 3 inches by 4 inches.”Infinite”

This one is about the same size. I call it “Salmon Falls Small”

This one is about 9 by 6 inches. “Out of the Box”

This is still in the works, 22 by 28 inches, on paper. “O”

more O below


The piece below is 50 by 42 inches.  I am calling it “UM”. (Still working on this one.)

and after another day…UM

and that’s all again as of Thursday 1/19 !

Um is looking like a weird Karmic Diagram. I am finding it rather disquieting and find that I am a bit on edge about this work. This feeling of being alone and out there with this piece helps me understand how some artists experience madness while in the midst of their process and pursuits. I don’t think I will go mad here but I am going in a direction that feels less familiar. I am not painting to please anyone. I am working because that is what I must do for me. Wish me luck!

I have been working on this piece while writing an artist statement for an invitational, group show in the Jackson Library Gallery at Berwick Academy. This show will be up for the month of February. Happily, five of my finished and framed works will be in this show and they are keeping good company with works by 4 other artists from the Mill, sculptures by Dave Random, photographs by Michael Penney, sculptures by Shaune McCarthy and Textile creations by Tinka Pritchett. 10 percent of the sales from the show will got to the school’s art booster.

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