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Fragments 5 Finitti and 6 Begun …

It’s been since March since I blogged … hopefully you all will forgive my silence. I’m sure you will. Alas. I haven’t painted since May, but I did finish Fragments 5 above. As of yet, several new paintings in the … Continue reading

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March Update

Is it Spring or is it not? Who can really say one way or the other? with waves of warmer temperatures in blocks of four or five days? Who even knows what to wear? Ha. Not me. Layers and scarves … Continue reading

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Fragments 4: Progress

I thought and studied the blank canvas before me for a very long time before sketching. I then returned to my sketchpad, making a tiny sketch, which became this large one, above. To me it represents a helpless, tortured figure, … Continue reading

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Fragments III: Beginning

First, yesterday, I sketched in rust and raw umber, mixed, with a medium round brush, from a tiny sketch I’ve had for some time. This reminds me of cells, and roots, simultaneously. That being said, the ultimate image is to … Continue reading

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Okefenokee Watercolor I

This is a foto of mine from years ago taken in the fall in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It is in the Waterside collection and is Waterside 55. I’ve come into a small collection of lovely ornate gold and carved … Continue reading

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Fragments 2 – Weaving Color

On Sunday I painted with the next to tiniest round brush, in black, then in lime. Perhaps you can see the fine lines and “code”? Also this painting has a lot of detail work that is not unlike the weaving … Continue reading

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Fragments 2 – First Layer – Dark Heart Spaces

Now my heart is only as dark as the yin and the yang complement each other in lightness and darkness and the glass is half full. Of water. And trying to figure out the inside of me is like trying … Continue reading

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New Industrial Fotos

So last week I had the absolute thrill and excitement of taking industrial fotos at my beloved two sites here in Nashville, TN. See, last June I flew down here to take the fotos, and now I live here right … Continue reading

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Fragments I – Process II – Pizza Dough Recipe

I’ve continued to paint, first in the charcoal regions, which to me represent my depressive states. ARgh. Such as they are. Below my belly, in my head. That black area remains gripping my torso. The soft areas for some time … Continue reading

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Fragments I – Process

In the past week, I have slowly been processing and writing about the new series Fragments. I am thinking, How can I express the pain of my Dissociative Identity Disorder, the horrible acts of abuse that made me split in … Continue reading

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