When I can't paint with Tracy, I'm on my own, and this little flower arrangement begged for attention one night when I was alone and color beckoned. It's acrylic on a board - all these boards are left over from Leo's wonderful project of building my potting space and shelves in my entry porch. I feel so very lucky!
Tracy and I finally got together after two weeks of not painting on our regular schedule and she brought a whole box of NEW Sennelier oil pastels; we charged into them as though we had all the money in the world with no cares of excess of waste, and the process was full of glee and giggles and what I thought was exquisite work. This is Tracy's earlier piece that I thought was whalish and watery, but now has depth and design. The board on the left she has just placed on top of the larger board, and I really like the dimension it adds. I couldn't resist when she had finished the small piece of lumber and had to add the reds on it - I like those moments of bounce!
This is a print from 1999 that has hung in my front hall for years - yup, I suppose lots of years! It fell down as it had been stuck onto another board that I'd painted green. Once it fell, I was invited to "work" it, and that I did! Those oil pastels are magical and ever so enticing. I pulled out that light blue, orange, green and yellow and tried to add zip to a print that I'd turned upside down. I used to like the drip of ink that had looked like an orange monkey in the upper right hand corner, but I just left him hanging there when I flipped the piece upside down, and he is no longer very important. I will see if next week he may even disappear even though Tracy is SURE that this piece is DONE. I'm not yet so sure...
I also love that the photo of my brothers and sisters happens to be sitting on the window sill next to the painting, an unintended gesture that suggests to me that all is right with the world.
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