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converse
watercolor on paper, 9 x 12"
This drawing seemed like a good response to Mindy's last one as the clean lines that defined the various separate flowers and leaves of this rose plant became channels that bled into one another in an organic and gentle manner.
snakegrass, 9" x 12", ink and pencil on paper
I was very interested in the way in which the watercolor wash in Carianne's last drawing was both uncontrolled (the mixing of the wet pigment) and controlled (the wash itself was a particular shape). For some reason this way of working seemed suddenly such a beautiful expression of the simultaneous comingling of the two ways of working. Here, my ink wash takes the shape of snakegrass, while within the wash, colors mingle and move in an uncontrolled manner.
still (moving)
watercolor on paper, 9 x 12"
This drawing is in response to Mindy's last post and in following my instinct to work with text at the moment. It began as a plein air painting of some incredible green pollen pooled up at the edge of the pond in my backyard. The shapes were constantly in motion as I watched the water. I enjoy how the spontaneous text merges and interacts with the image, on the brink of being unreadable with movement of the gravity affected watercolor.
grounded, concrete 6" x 9", graphite and ink on paper
In response to Carianne's drawing, I thought about the idea of being settled, or placed. My eye was attracted to the rough broken surface of the concrete on our back porch. I thought of Zen haiku that are written uniformly about anything that is perceived, like a flower, and then a pile of poop, without judgment. I made a rubbing of the concrete, and then used text as a label or decorative element. This was all done very quickly, which is unusual for me. I enjoyed the Zen-inspired spontaneity of it.
clearing
watercolor on paper 9 x 12"
This drawing is in celebration of being back to our blog after a month or so of moving, moving, moving. Since I have been painting natural objects a lot lately, I wanted to shift gears a bit with today's post, going back to some of the text based drawings I posted about a year ago. Despite the formal differences, I think this drawing is very related to Mindy's last post. It has the same ingredients, but they are mixed in a different order. Similar themes we have bounced around in the past are here; patience + delicacy vs. speed and spontaneity. Imagery aside, watercolor itself as a medium contains so much content for me. Space, clarity, natural phenomena...
