Revisiting Old Series

"Skysquares 10" 24 x 24 acrylic on paper

When I got a call from a client in Denver I wasn't excited about doing a few new pieces of Skysquares, a series I had long since retired. I found new energy once I started them, splashing the sky colors, but tinting them to more current tints. Then I noticed they were grids!

Then when I did the grid overlay I decided on transparent interference colors instead of the opaque metallics I used in the past. It made all the difference. Now the grid of squares dances in the light and comes in and out of focus depending on the angle of view. I love them again!

Infatuation with a Series

It rarely happens that I like my own work so much I miss it when it's gone. So there's no accounting for the fact that I have started four more paintings in the Generations series because I love them and miss them! I packed and sent them off the day they were finished, so I didn't get to live with them long. Which is usually okay, but this time, I want more.

So I've got a good start on the next four. Don't have a buyer, but I think these would be good in a healthcare setting, and I've got a project coming up that might be perfect. Certainly couldn't hurt me to hold some inventory, either. I took almost everything I had to my local gallery yesterday, they were happy to have it.

Tomorrow I'm driving to Austin, not for SXSW but for a weekend photography seminar.