As good as it felt to finish some pieces last week, I lost track of what I was excited to do next. Into the void I go…

Completing

To wrap up how those new pieces turned out, I wrote about them as a project, Digital Aerials, and a post on their evolution, called The Big Picture, along with posts of each image. What I had to skip in the process was this big piece I’ve been reworking in my Seattle space.

It will continue to be an experiment, and perhaps, in a couple of years, a few more will join it? But it looked too different, isn’t yet finished anyway, and so it will be its own line of inquiry, going forward. In the meantime, I decide it’s not done so that I don’t have to figure out what kind of final coat it needs!

Viewing

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting Atelier 8.18 for a reception celebrating three different residencies. Kyla Bourgh, our host, had been in France creating work, and she in turn hosted two different artists in her own space. I was particularly moved by the simple but deeply-thought-out work of Megan Carroll.

She spoke of her MFA program being an adjunct to therapy, helping her process difficult family medical issues, and the care that arises around that. I appreciate that art can help us heal.

Meetings & Making

In between writing up the new work, and exploring art in the excessive rainfall, I dabbled in existing projects too. First, I’m racing through some of the final spelling book spreads.

Wow. Sometimes they get better with more layers, and sometimes, not so much!

Likewise with the physical pieces. On the far right is the start from last week, plus two iterations from this week: more darks, and more really darks, plus a bit of lightening and pop.

Not yet scan-worthy, shall we just say? I tried making a few more scribbles and marks, large & small, but they’re more of the same. I need to shake it up more than this.

I think what’s catching my imagination for next week is a pile of twisted plastic wrap, from a delivery. I need to get it interacting with some ink & paper on a gelli plate! That trick of leaving myself something to pick up for next time is a good one — do you use that method?

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