Odds and sods…

July really did take its toll on me…I have spent most of this first part of August catching up on work and sleep…resting and reading every chance I get…a few days ago I started painting again…I had a bunch of things that I had started before I left for Haliburton…so I have been puttering away on them…these are more of the playing with various gel mediums…playing with texture…they are fun to paint…kind of like home-made colouring book pictures, because the pattern and picture was laid out in the texture and then I ‘colour’ it in…pure play with a day dreaming meditative element to it!

I finished Daydreaming IV - it was basically finished - all I had to do was commit and attach the 3 small canvases...it isn't quite a crooked in real life...I had a hard time getting up high enough to photograph it, so it was a bit distorted...will have to work on getting a better photo later...












Somehow, in the rush of July, I managed to get 5 pieces into a group show at the Unitarian...it runs July and August...the Art Space wall here isn't that big...but with this being a meeting room, a lot of people go through...there are some talented people in the congregation and it is nice to go in and see the various shows...








I have also started a new piece…it is developing as I go along…here is the space I am working on now…my work table is full…so I have moved to a board that I put over 2 stools…I am going to have to do a clean up soon…I am slowly closing myself in! But that seems to be how I work…in a little nest surrounded by stuff…there are the textural paintings I am working on, some bits for the new one…the new one in the background…and my morning bowl of coffee…














I started this new piece with some cheese cloth attached to the base coloured canvas in a flowing, overlapped way...


















Then I fiddled about with bits and pieces...some keys, some puzzle pieces, maybe some 'wonder bubbles'...adding colour and details as I went along...laying pieces on, moving them around...














This is where I am at now...need to let it sit for a bit...come back to it in a while to decide where to go next...