Night Sixty-Six

  I think I had a string of really successful images starting here.

Night Sixty-Five

  This began a very successful day towards the end of my residence at Norton Island.  I was allowing my imagery to become more rough and really feeling connected to what I was making.  And I allowed this and the other body of work I created on the Island to collide.

Night Sixty-Four

  Very brown oil paint...

Night Sixty-Three

  By this time I threw caution to the wind and began using the oil paint I brought along.  It reacted almost immediately to the tar paper by darkening.  I watched it continue to darken until it had thoroughly oxidized.

Night Sixty-Two

Night Sixty-One

  I only brought along dry media for this project.  As I did the last time I went travelling this summer.  But I began to feel very inhibited by it.  And the work wasn't turning out like I envisioned.  This and an attempt to fix the images with spray that reacted to the roofing paper left these three or four "nights" a little awkward, in my opinion.

Night Sixty

  I am finally back - from the residency and from vacation.  I was able to continue with the project while I was in residence in Maine, but not when I was on vacation in Montana.  So the next few days will have me working to catch up.  Here, for now, are the images I have completed.

Teaser

  What? you say, leaving again!!!

  Yes, it's true.  I am home today having just returned from a magical two weeks on Norton Island.  And tomorrow I pack up and head out for a family vacation to Montana.  So expect another blogging hiatus. 

  To whet your appetite, here is an image from the slew of work I created on the island.

 

  And here is the view from my studio in Maine.

  
  See you in ten days.

Night Fifty-Nine