Series of paintings

My ITP went kaboom last Tues. and landed me in the hospital, again.  As we try to get a handle on the malady, I am trying to understand it through paintings.  There are three elements that I’m going to focus on.   Platelets (that may or may not look like pickles), Antibodies, and my Immune Response ( IR).   Short explanation of the problem is that my IR detects antibodies on my platelets, and throws out everything!  Normal platelet level is 300,000.  Last Wed. mine were down to 6,000.  Bleeding is a big concern!    This is not a medical illustration, but a learning journey.

Platelets
Platelets

Portents

Some paintings leap onto the canvas and are done. Not this one. You may not see the struggle, but I know it is there.11-4-15blog

New series

Lots of reasons that I have not posted in a long time.  I am doing a series which have facial elements.  There are a lot of things that I’m wondering about.   Here is WTF #33.

WTF
WTF

Eyes, portals

For more than a year I have been working with eyes, especially women’s eyes.   This painting on panel has a lot of pastels drawn into it.  Looking forward, inward, outward and with a nod to what came before.

Nova-Brown
Nova-Brown

Map?

This started as a drawing on kraft paper.  Then chalk and paint butted in.  Not a landscape, not a map.  Not a drawing, not a painting.  But I am here!

You are here.
You are here.

Cloud, Too

Drop by Art on Depot this weekend to see my new paintings of clouds.  Or if not clouds, gobs of cool colors with dolCloud-Toolops of white.

Infusion

Tomorrow, 10-16 is my last (REALLY) infusion for ITP.  I do not have cancer, but most of the other people getting infusions do.  It is fraught with emotions.IV