Just beginning the 12 works on paper
Earlier this year, I began playing with 12 small pieces of watercolor paper (8” x 8”). I taped the group to the closet door in the studio and started with ink lines, scribbles, watercolor pencil and a bit of paint. I wrote a word at the top of each of them and added a related quote in pencil.
Last year, I did a series of 12 Meditations and wanted to create something similar this year.
Ready to take them down and work on them one by one.
I continued to work on them as a group, using charcoal and an orange water soluble Woodie. Then it was time to take them off the wall and complete them individually.
Although each piece began with a word and a quote, I had no intention for those words to influence the paintings. My expectation was for the words/quotes to partially or fully disappear under the paint.
The pieces developed individually based on their initial marks and lines. I played with layers of paint and colored pencils, and chose circles and shapes from a growing collection of pre-cut papers.
I’ve completed 9 of the 12 so far, with 3 more to go.
Wholeness - The 3rd one completed
These will each be matted and available for purchase on the website. Contact Me for more information.
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