"When Day Fades"(click on image to enlarge)
RETURN TO WATERCOLOR.....SORT OF.....
I've picked up my watercolor brush again after a 13 year retreat. When I went back to painting in 1987, watercolor was my medium of choice and I did it for approx. 10 years. I was a watercolor purist..."nothing else will touch my paper" was my cry. Boy did I get bored! Finally, with the help of some classes at our Community College under the direction and encouragement of Thad Flenniken, I broke loose and have been exploring Mixed Media ever since........AND, I still am a mixed media artist, however, I have started back incorporating watercolor into my art. This came about mostly out of necessity. Now that I am back in the "real" work world 3 days a week, I found myself going to the studio and unable to get anything done in the short time I now have. I realized that I need to be able to just go into the studio and start painting without a lot of preparatory work, thus, the re-birth of watercolor. I can now start painting and get an image going and then work my painted papers into that image. This paining is my first attempt. I really never dreamed I would revert back to watercolor....I was so bored with it, but it has been a long time and it's kind of like renewing a relationship with a long lost friend. So.....we'll see where this relationship leads.
