ABOVE: left-taiko 1 right-artist & mirror, both 11 1/2 x 7 1/2” watercolor, colored pencil, crayon & collage on arches paper
1:48 PM: this morning i was in my groove, so when i revisited taiko 1 and artist & mirror, i knew where i needed to go. so i used collage, watercolor, gouache, crayon & colored pencil to juice them both up. compositional patterning now supercedes realism. the unexpected and unpredictable rule, using my photos of mikela watering in our entryway as the figurative anchor.
the night before last in pueblo i slept only about 3 hours in our hotel, so a good 8 hour sleep last night provided me the energy and alertness needed for what i accomplished today. in addition, my gums have healed from the surgery on march 11 to the point where i no longer have pain and am able to eat anything that’s not crunchy or has tiny seeds that could get trapped in my gums. what a relief!