lately, wanderings and paintings

Been working on a lots of new paintings. White-washed layers have been consuming my painting time. Sketchbook pages, ideas, plannings. For the new year and now. I keep playing around with variations of a sketch of this one woman…. Bits. I found the loveliest roll of 1940’s wallpaper along a driveway, discarded.

collections in windowsills

and walking in the dreamy woods… But first I would like to say that I just put a larger, ORIGINAL drawing (11″ by 14″) of “From Within” in my shop. It’s a darker version, similar to this one, from a few post’s ago, with the birch trees at night. Yes, I sketched a third one! …

welcoming march with open arms!

clockwise, from right: ? work in progress ? stack of Christie’s auction catalogues with a cover drawing by Matisse that’s inspiring me to pieces ? Grandma’s wedding China with a faded floral design that is, well, inspiring me to pieces! ? rose fabric snippet that I collaged into my sketch book the other day (snip …