Return to the Studio

After putting up the second show of 27 paintings in City Center, I needed to take a break from making paintings.  I can be very productive, but it is important to back off and get some of those other things done. On Mother's Day it was very cold here and perfect for a studio visit.  The space was clean and all my supplies were put away....no mixed paints waiting to be tested, or even to see if they could be reworked.  I found some paper and the oil pastels under the table and put color to paper.  I was off!  I gessoed a couple of large papers and stapled a piece of canvas to an old frame and gessoed it.  There is joy in preparing surfaces, using a large brush to smear the gesso around.  Once I get rolling I am a dynamo...did I really say that about myself?

Here is the large paper sketch, poorly cropped, I see. and still unmeasured, maybe 22x36.  I had taped it to a large corregated cardboard and the corregations show added more texture to the drawing.  At Art Group today, Janet commented that I was getting more comfortable with white.  So right she is!  I see that my interest of the shifting of the forms beneath us still holds true in this piece.  Movement is captured and explored and the shifting continues.