Month: May 2009

I’ve been thinking of an image to paint on the back of “A Good Marriage”.  This was an idea.  I like this painting, but it’s tooooo green for the screen.  I am thinking about cutting it down the middle line( when it dries) and mat it as tow paintings.  I used a little Galkyd medium.  I’ll do more experimenting, because I use a pallette knife, a lot, and I haven’t quite figured out how to use them together.

We are tweaking our rain barrels.  We need a float and an overflow.  Luckily we are getting rain, so we have something to work with!

We picked up Bobbi’s calendar yesterday, and I borrowed from it for the calendar in Chemo Today.  I also made a collage from some of the info distributed by hospitals.  Then I started adding in the hats, belts, and  scarves.  I’m getting close.   However, since the emphasis is NOT on mastectomy, will people think I missed the point? Have I?  I think the point is a specific effort to deal with one day of chemo.

I normally have at least two paintings in progress at the same time.  My work on Chemo Today kind of disrupted that process, but not completely.  So as I am wrapping up Chemo, I started a new image.  I’ve been thinking about painting the reverse of A Good Marriage, to make it a screen that could stand in an open space, not just in a corner.  The dogwoods are in bloom above the cabin.  I moved the stone wall to give a break to a huge green expanse.  I have drawn a line down the middle to give me an aspect of the screen.

I’ve changed the doorway on the left of BofA, for the third time.  Sometimes a work can be in progress for a long time.  I’m glad I have the time to let them percolate, though I still rush.

Also cherry blossoms.  Kira, look what you started!

I’ve got to sell something soon, or say I’m an amateur!