This one in a series of 20 works on paper and are very small for me, only 7" x 9". I was experimenting with ink, gouache and assorted water media drawing pencils and crayons. Exercises like this series I find are wonderfully freeing for me. If I feel stale or a client is looking for something that's really new.

I will admit that I went to a showing a the Harwood Museum (Taos, NM) this past year to view a show of Richard Diebenkorn's paintings done when he lived in New Mexico. I appreciated his interpretations of landscape from the air and his loose brushwork and mark making have a bit of influence on this series. I used this series to explore also my continuous love of patterns and joyous color.

There seems to be so much doom and gloom in the news that sinking into those joyous colors and warm to the heart art making seems to be a great antidote for me to keep on an even keel.

Happy at Home 7" x 9" mixed media on paper