Portable Universe
20" x 20" Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Acrylic and Graphite - October 24, 2022 to November 28, 2022
- The serpent and eagle motif I have been using. This piece is a celestial map with invented constellations all drawn out. I used a bear head from an Elisa Johns painting that I totally love. This is an image of the inner cosmos. These stars mark events, turning points, trials and battles. You connect the dots to form your own pantheon.
- Funny thing - I wish I could replicate images of sea storms, the aurora borealis, or nebulae... I have tried and I can’t. It is a funny thought to me that I can’t just paint anything I want to. Many parts of my work look like they do because that’s all I CAN do. And with watercolor there isn’t much I can do to change it. So, I leave it. Sometimes the paintings are partially, or largely, out of my control.