Painting as I see it.
Another spiral.
Insurance companies. Bless their hearts. They won’t pay for the damages to the fence. I’m worried that by the time we cover hospital expenses and damages there won’t be any money to replace my car. Oh well, at least I’m not trying to replace my husband!
Colorist is a dirty word. I’ve really tried to contain the color on this, but today I realize I don’t like the top. Or the bottom. Not together anyway. Since this painting is on panel I could saw them apart. But that’s lazy, I need to work to get the whole thing working.
My car was totaled, and the ins. co. paid quickly. But the hospital is already at $8000, and the ins. will pay $2000. Maybe we’ll get me a moped. It’s all rather depressing. 
I thought I needed to emphasize the changes otherwise they are just spirals!
Little did I know when I started thinking of these spirals as “Changes” how prescient that was. Gregg’s crash certainly has changed our lives. We are thankful that no other cars or people were involved.
This panel is 80″x12″.
I have a book about Lee Krasner. She had an artist’s career before and after Pollock. But would anyone have known her if she hadn’t married him? How many women artists can you name?
Another spiral.
I don’t know if it’s because the canvases I’m using are sooo old, or what. This spiral is on gessoed paper, and the acrylics didn’t bead up on it. I am pleased w/ the momentum in these new spirals. 
I’ve been working on spirals all winter, and I think I’m getting somewhere! Also I’ve conquered my fear of acrylics. I have to investigate varnish, these babies are as dry as toast!
This is a detail, the upper right quad. I’m going to name this piece “Changes” because my original idea was about life and death. No matter how much we prefer the familiar, we each face changes and there is nothing we can do to stop them.