Back to My Prolific Self

In the last few months, I have taken off in my studio practice.  I cleared my life and my property of everything that was dragging me down and cleared a monster space in which to produce.  I also decided to work with gouache and a select group of drawing tools to create a fun and exciting new series on paper.  

I continue to embrace lots of color and the ever present circles and spheres are there too.  Mixing drawing materials is a new and exciting direction for me.  I am not afraid to wash the surface with gouache or sumi ink and then draw into it with graphite or charcoal or even pastel crayons.  I am taking a lot of risks and I am excited about most of my results. It is the exploration that is so exciting. Of course, there is always that pile of 'meh' pieces tossed all over the studio.  Perhaps they will find their way back into consideration. 

In October is the Ojai Studio Artist's event. It will be a weekend of open studios and will be the first time I open my Ojai studio to the public.  Time is closing in and I have a lot of work to accomplish. I've not been a big fan of framing work, but it is necessary when the art is on paper.  So off to the framer we go! 

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