musings

I broke my leg and shattered my left ( non-drawing) wrist in December of 2023. Today is August 19th 2024 and I am not fully recovered yet. I am recovered enough to spend some time considering the past 8 months. I spent the first few months unable to walk. I hopped from spot to spot. I lived in a recliner and drew in spirol sketch pads. Every day. I think my artwork got better through practice and focus. I graduated to 11" x 15" pieces of Reeves BFK and started collaging again a couple months ago and I really like the pieces. 4 of them were acepted to shows and 2 of them have gotten me a more exclusive place in a group show at the Arts Center Gallery in Newport NH in 2025. I'm making some landscape studies in collage. 

Landscape in relationship to the Creature based collages I make may seem pretty dissimalar. I have been looking at a lot of Chinese landscapes. They are awesome. I feel the mythical, spiritual and magical comingle so beautifully with the natural world in those landscapes.