Begin. Again.

Today I started a new work. This will be my largest to date, 60" x 40". It's two 30" x 40" cradled panels, side by side, bolted together and mounted onto screws sunk into a 4 foot by 8 foot, double-panel display wall. When the painting needs to travel or get shipped, it can be unbolted. Plus I can still pick it up and move it around when I want to paint on the floor or table. If this works out, the freestanding wall will do double-duty as an easel for large paintings in addition to being an extra display wall.

It's a Wrap

After two days of revision, this newest work, 36" h x 24" w., called "Gestation," is complete. I changed it a lot yesterday and today. It's quieter than it started; took a lot of editing to get there. Now it can dry thoroughly, get varnished and photographed. Finished. Good feeling.

It's Still March

for two more days so officially this country is still honoring women's history. I wanted to read a few biographies of women artists in honor of the month and stumbled onto this one - and it's wry, witty and full of fascinating women artists fromArtemisia Gentileschi in 16th century Holland to 20th/ 21st century artists like Alice Neel, Lee Krasner, Ruth Asawa and Kara Walker.

No surprises here if you are a woman and an artist, but it is worth reading.