ephermal
3.5" x 5" acrylic on board

ky gave me this word.
after being quite stumped by it…i hit upon the idea of sea foam.one of my favorite things, always changing, quite ephemeral really. 
i like the way it looks, but it was hard going getting there. it was pretty hard there in the middle, when everything was looking rather bleak and i wanted to just scrap it and start again.
the middle when things don’t look quite right, nothing is fitting, the idea is there but so not looking well. kind of like a little painting hangover, it is over the rush of the first coats of paint, but it is now later on. you’ve been drinking a lot, but forgot to eat. so everything is going straight to you head, but not making any sense. your words are slurred, and you keep stumbling, but i am glad i pushed through.
i did scrap another large piece that i have been trying to push through for ages. And the new base makes me really happy to look at, fresh and ready. i also got some scrap wood from my local hardware store; so i am going to try a piece on wood…kind of excited about that…because i would really love to play with resin, but one step at a time.

have a good weekend.

working,

yet not much to show except…

a little paint on my hands. 

even the gnome is working.

may 25
8:28am
trixie & the boy

may 27
9:28am
trixie under the covers
she likes to sleep at our feet.

have a lovely weekend.
i am going to spend time sleeping in with my crew above & painting.
i'll have words and larger pieces to show you next week! 

i took black and white film to a beach party bonfire.
i didn't have any color 35mm in the house, but i think it worked.
it was a perfect night, i loved all the fire.
looking down the beach people surrounded by friends and their own little fire to tend.
i love how these two photos turned out.
the blackest black…with the bright of the fire.

hope your 4th is filled with laughter.

at the top of the flames you can see someone roasting marshmellows!
i think that is the only reason to camp - s'mores.
{i'll see you all on friday…have a good holiday i will be working & hopefully painting!}

so good news and bad news {but really it is good news wrapped up in a bad news shell}. my painting didn't sell at cannibal flower, but they asked me to show it at the venice contemporary later this month! I think opening night is the 21st of July, but I will have to confirm that! also I have the worst schedule ever this week…so good thing I just picked up my film, because there might not be any paintings to show.

here are some beds from may. {I think I am finally caught up on developing film…there was a bit of a lag there for a second umm a month, but good news is that my photo place over the hill has a drop off right around the corner from my digs. which means I don't feel like I have to stock up on the rolls of film to make it worth while to drive over the hill!}