#21DaysInMyArtWorld

I needed some time to sit with this actually.

For over a decade I carried a very big dream around with me of living in my husband’s homeland of Costa Rica (my heartland). 2018 was going to be the year our family finally moved there together. But last year, as a way of celebrating & honoring our home of Arizona for the last 12 years, Hansel and I created a monthly video where we visited our favorite spots — I painted, he shot video

My all time favorite technique is called “gluing shit down”.

Every time I get to a point in my painting process where things turn stale, cloudy, or downright ugly I dip into my beloved stash of found papers, grab the first piece that yells the loudest, then start ripping & gluing!

“From the archives” is today’s #21DaysInMyArtWorld prompt from Tara Leaver and it couldn’t be more timely!

Just last week I was searching through my storage looking for a specific painting and time slipped away as I got lost in rediscovering old works. Many that I totally forgotten about actually — like this one.