Our front yard has slid, been repaired, and is sliding again. And of course it’s raining! This canvas is about not having control. There are bits of charcoal embedded in the paint.
Lxii9-Landslide
I like Yupo
This is used mostly for watercolors. I use acrylics. Then I abuse it, spraying with water and scraping. I am not a fussy painter, and this stuff seems to want to play.
XSPen
This is a self portrait on an experimental ground. I added bits of charcoal. I was annoyed with the lack of maintenance on the building that my studio is in. Thank goodness, the toiIets work again. I
think this is a pretty accurate description of my frustration.
Forecast- Rain, again
Rain and early fog make for a gray painting. This one started with lots of charcoal lines before any paint.
Distress, Distract, Woodpecker
Needless to say, this is about some different things.
Storm’s Coming
I started this last summer. I used silver Sharpie to highlight storm clouds, but it bothered me. I added more paint.
Birth
Forty years ago I was pregnant. Then I was a mother. Thru ups and downs we’re both still here.
More paint is better
This is a large canvas, 46″x54″. I keep working on it. Reemergence… Forrest doesn’t think it’s a word, but they make things up in crosswords, so I can too. My new agenda for judging a work of art is an acronym that I picked up. ICU for intensity, complexity and unity. 
New stairs to gym
The Fines Creek Gym is more than eighty years old. This summer the old broken concrete stairs were removed. Photo from inside the gym. Now they are replaced, thanks to sponsors. The first step was sponsored by Donna Livengood, Gregg’s mom, in memory of his dad, Gale.
Progress on bluejay painting
The balance between painting and representation is hard for me. Representation doesn’t take as much time and attention, because I have a camera and I’m pretty good at copying. But that isn’t what I want to do. Have you seen a bluejay in the woods? Only a camera can capture every feather, but is that why you were walking in the woods?
