Sun and the growth of green things have tempted me outside,
challenging myself to 100 piece (not day) series,
making small watercolours inspired by current location/situation/feels,
overall, somewhat ambiguous, theme of ‘things that grow’
challenging myself to 100 piece (not day) series,
making small watercolours inspired by current location/situation/feels,
overall, somewhat ambiguous, theme of ‘things that grow’
1/100 “morning face” : what comes out of my pen when pulled from slumber early in the morning to road trip
2/100 “bite you” : truck hurdled north, windshield transitioned from clear to speckled with blackish explosions
3/100 “nite wood” : still on road, road goes in and out of cut aways in Canadian shield, we go in and out of long stretches of green
4/100 “mermaid’s bite” : chorus of sailor’s mermaid upper half love repeating in head, colours of small lake change murky green, ethereal teal, pale blue, brown, gold, grey, black
5/100 “keep warm friend” : light fading, temperature dropping, wind lifts songs away, palette is reduced to browns and greys
6/100 “feeling of green” : water stills, world doubles, try to double it again, can't capture this
7/100 “that itch” : sun filters through canopy, lights dance and change on ground blanket, ants dance and change in light
8/100 “bubble pop” : people drift, bye, bubbles drift, bye, watching the bubbles
9/100 “define bloom” : obscure big band show tunes, rockabilly pop covers, conversing voices, sun blent homogeneous
10/100 “creep this” : shade keeps brain boil to gentle simmer, brush creeps black red yellow green lines
11/100 “deep dive” : light sound detail dimmed, brush to water, brush to paint, brush to paper, water, paint, paper, water, paint, paper (8 3/4” x 5 1/4”)
12/100 “bobbing for cellulose” : rain, rain, go away, really want to use the deck today (7 1/2” x 11”)
13/100 “univalve interbrain” : sky heavy grey, wind threatens recently broken branches, here there’s warmth (6 1/2” x 10”)
14/100 “obviate” sunlight brings colours, had forgotten there we so many (11” x 7 1/2”)
15/100 “air plant” : breathe, focus on the breaths, in, hold, out, in, hold, out (7 1/4” x 11”)
16/100 “ground contemplation” : feel wind, growth, colour, warmth, flat, uncomfortably sharp stone (15” x 11”)
17/100 “prevailing wind” : wind steals, makes change, changes patterns (15” x 11”)
18/100 “eaten by green” : vine meanders faster than my feet (11” x 7 1/2”)
19/100 “within reach” : moving forward, kind of, frequently changing direction, will get somewhere eventually (10” x 6 3/4”)
20/100 “goodnight blooms” : small intense lights shadow garden to abstraction, inky and blinding, colour left to flawed memory (10” x 6 3/4”)
21/100 “no, down here” : it’s never truly dark here (11” x 7 1/2”)
22/100 “youth stand guard” : bright heat on long row of young uniformed figures, stand guard they say, stand guard over dust, booms and the memories of those mostly gone (11” x 7 1/2”)
23/100 “of the dust” : as one, crowd is vibrated, deafened, and partially blinded by engines, can’t stop watching the dust and ripped earth following the machines (11” x 7 1/2”)
24/100 “they’re watching” : cover the windows, turn off the light, hide under the covers, and you might be all right (10” x 5”)
25/100 “partly parting parts” : holding still, holding on, holding back (12” x 9”)
26/100 “watch it grow” : can we stay like this? not moving, not speaking, not thinking (12” x 9”)
27/100 “nothing to see here” : don’t worry, they’re really quite friendly (10” x 5”)
28/100 “smallish talk” : don’t remember the words, just the sun, the water, distorted reflections (10” x 6 3/4”)
29/100 “cyclo-architeuthis” : focusing on what isn’t (8 1/4” x 5 3/4”)
30/100 “outer fae” : still focusing on what isn’t, this time looking up (9 1/4” x 3”)
31/100 “outer fae II” : still focusing on what isn’t, still looking up (7 1/2” x 3 1/2”)
32/100 “outer fae III” : still focusing on what isn’t, still looking up, letting mind play (9” x 4 1/2”)
33/100 “outer fae IV” : still focusing on what isn’t, still looking up, still letting mind play (7 1/2” x 5 1/2”)
34/100 “outer fae V” : still focusing on what isn’t, still looking up, still letting mind play, enjoying the process (5” x 7 1/8”)
35/100 “outer fae VI” : still focusing on what isn’t, still looking up, still letting mind play, still enjoying the process (8 5/8” x 5 1/8”)
36/100 “an ending” : moving collaging of watercolour and pen drawn elements in different direction, ready to gradually get dark
37/100 “growin’ on the mind” : everyone is smiling, don’t they know their faces will get stuck like that? (3 5/16” x 8 9/16”)
38/100 “Partially coiled” : body tired, brain bit fuzzy, scissors and pen keep moving (3 3/8” x 9 1/2”)
39/100 “moon succulents” : car jerks, stomach jerks, don’t feel quite right (6 7/8” x 5 1/8”)
39/100 “deeply masked” : people call, water calls, don’t know how to swim (5” x 10”)
40/100 “paled” : colours seem different from day to day (7 3/4” x 11 7/8”)
41/100 “monstrous ideas ” : inspiration isn’t always the kindest of processes (3 1/4” x 9 1/2”)
42/100 “staying in dreamland” : if you stay here long enough you’ll fade into it (7 1/2” x 5 1/2”)
43/100 “can you see?” : a drifty, staring kinda day (5 1/2” x 6”)
44/100 “cold dreams” : mostly dreaming of air conditioning (5” x 7 1/4”)
45/100 “sleep flowers” : imagery from dreams stayed with me today (5” x 6 7/8”)
46/100 “still sleeping” : will wake eventually? (6 5/8” x 5 1/16”)
47/100 “holding a moment” : it just may not be this one (10 7/8” x 5 3/4”)
48/100 “waiting on gone” : restless under stars i’d forgotten got so bright (5 7/8” x 7 1/2”)
49/100 “grown slowly” : surrounded by a blurring green world (4” x 7”)
50/100 “not watching you” : would prefer to keep eyes closed
51/100 “the ground went away” : so things kinda just floated
52/100 “grow towards the light” : but which one? (5 1/2” x 9 1/16”)
53/100 “barely holding up the sky” : what happens when it falls? (5 1/2” x 7 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 01 “dive sharply inward” : into tiny vast worlds (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 02 “purple and bending” : tiny vast world (5” x 5 7/16”)
Tiny Worlds - 03 “talk to the hand” : it screams back (5 1/8” x 7”)
Tiny Worlds - 04 “fit through” : it goes to someplace else, anywhere else (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 05 “finding air” : somewhere down here (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 06 “piece of peace” : given time it may grow (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 07 “it moves and squirms” : so hold tight (5 3/8” x 7 3/8”)
Tiny Worlds - 08 “keep the eye open” : don’t think it wants to (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 09 “cast a spell” : but keep it a secret (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 10 “holding nonsense” : but not too tight (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 11 “that doesn’t grow in the garden” : it must grow someplace (5 1/2” x 7 5/8”)
Tiny Worlds - 12 “this one doesn’t blink” : and it likes to watch (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 13 “grew a rainbow” : didn’t come out quite right (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 14 “the heart changes” : what does it turn into? (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 15 “probably not a flower” : but it seems to be alive (5 1/4” x 9 1/4”)
Tiny Worlds - 16 “they were meant to be connected” : pray the wind stays away (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 17 “more light than strain” : i like the contrast (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 18 “bright drops” : brim with life (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 19 “two wishes left” : save them for later (5 1/2” x 7 3/8”)
Tiny Worlds - 20 “friendly, friend?” : find talking gently helps somewhat (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 21 “the wings won’t flap” : might be holding them wrong (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 22 “new place of blue” : grows grey things (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 23 “it will root” : try not to shift to much (6” x 9”)
Tiny Worlds - 24 “brought you a bit of forest” : plant it in filtered light (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 25 “another place and back” : repeat till they are one (5” x 5 6/16”)
Tiny Worlds - 26 “bright fall day” : there don’t seem to be many (5” x 5 7/16”)
Tiny Worlds - 27 “held secrets” : can only hold a few more now (5 1/2” x 9 1/4”)
Tiny Worlds - 28 “nite light” : dream of nice things this time (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 29 “they’re temporary” : would you like them anyhow? (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 30 “what’s that you hold?” : none of your business (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 31 “another ending” : hasn’t happened yet, feels like it should (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 32 “what ya lookin’ at” : please stop (8 9/16” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 33 “safe here” : stay as long as you’d like (5” x 5 3/8”)
Tiny Worlds - 34 “down the tumbled green road” : where do you think it goes? (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 35 “imagine till it’s real” : won’t take long now (5 3/8” x 7 5/8”)
Tiny Worlds - 36 “it will flutter away” : holding on isn’t a good idea (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 37 “can’t cover the light” : it would help with sleep though (5” x 5 1/2”)
Tiny Worlds - 38 “promises of sunshine” : brighten cool colours (5” x 5 1/2”)
