The Spontaneous Paintbrush: New Day, New Life

Here we are, early September, and the autumn is closing in on the summertime.

It was a summer of exploration for us after a big move to a rural coastal community in Massachusetts.

Not too much painting this summer, a lot of home improvement projects and trying to live within a smaller space. Organization skills put to the test.. it's a learning process, like everything!

I have found i am not just an artist and mother, but a plumber, electrician, carpenter, inventor, painter and handyman. With my efforts placed therein, there was just no time or energy to produce art.

When i did finally pick up my brushes again, recently, and pull out my canvases, i was drawn into a new style of painting... a freer style that enabled me to focus all the knowledge i have gained in the past about light and shadow, how to display movement and vitality, how to work with color. It has become more important to me right now to let go of the details and trust my instincts to create emotive pieces, rather than have my sometimes too factual brain rule my strokes and the outcome. And so I've begun the flower project. I will paint 26 small florals, one each named after some lovely person i know, real or just imagined, and they will be my works of abandon ... free of detail, full of emotion. Here are the first three projects, I hope you like them.

Diptych: Alice's Bouquets