work in progress

I'm working on new work - I love working on 30x40 panels - it seems just the right amount of room - I've thought seriously of painting only on this size for a few months - just 30x40's - but I know me - I will want something else at a very unexpected time - but my, oh, my, I do love this size - the light is slowly changing and leaving our part of the world and I can feel my color choices reflecting that.  A woman who visited my studio during the Open Studio Tour called the colors that show up in many northwest artists work, bruised paintings - I love that!!  I have often used the same word when looking at sections of my work - it appeals to me, I don't know why, but it does.  The work below still is holding alot of white, but the center is showing more of that faded palette.

work in progress, fav new size, 30x40

I started a painting during the studio tour as a demo piece on an old piece of mdf and am still working on it.  I have dropped it so many times now because when I go to pick it up to turn, I grab it like I do my panels that have 1 1/2 or 2 inch sides - basically I'm just grabbing air and smooshing the front of the painting - funny how fast a certain action can become a non thinking action and become one of those robotic moves we incorporate into all parts of our life - the things we JUST do and don't think about - 

work in progress on mdf, 24x24

Other things are underway, but I will share next time - until then.............