Painting, Push, and Cloak revisited.

I haven’t been writing much lately, I guess the end of winter and the beginning of spring have won the battle for my attention. I have been working on a number of paintings, though I seem to have trouble finishing some pieces. I am tired of feeling adrift. In some ways I really enjoy experimenting, and yet I feel a desire to concentrate my energies in fewer directions. I have been looking back over my work, and I see two different directions I would like to follow closer when this period of exploration is over.

Two paintings I feel I should follow are Push and Cloak. Both are very different from each other, but both seem to offer prospects.

Her are two variations on these themes.

Book paintings.

I have been working on a small series of paintings that I call book paintings. The paintings contain a book attached to each surface and painted over. The results are rather decorative and have been fun to work on.