And The Beat Goes On

How are you feeling now that life is back in gear? I’m eager to see how my life will play out and I hope you find yourselves in a positive frame of mind. Maybe it’s the I-am-so-ready-to-move-on frame of mind. It’s all good.

"Delirium" first color wash. I love love love the marks created by the air bubbles. Not sure where I’m going with this yet, I just wanted some bright color.

"Delirium" first color wash. I love love love the marks created by the air bubbles. Not sure where I’m going with this yet, I just wanted some bright color.

The craziness of the past year shifted my focus. I’ve been busy culling, cleaning, and reorganizing my condo and studio space in addition to up-leveling my creative and professional self.

I’m having a bucket load of fun in the studio experimenting with a lot of “what ifs”: What if I used this weird color? What if I started mounting the rice paper onto panel boards? What if I started applying gel mediums over my batiks? What if I used collaged papers to create designs?

Second color wash: First, I waxed the spirals on the first color wash. Then, I enhanced the magenta and added a contrast blue-green.

In baseball terms, I’m feeling the thrill of uncertainty stepping up to home plate, bat in had, ready to swing. Not concerned with home runs, I’m simply lobbing balls into play and reminding myself to be alert and open to whatever comes my way.

I changed the orientation from vertical to landscape and intensified the existing colors. Still too ho-hum, I added yellow.

I changed the orientation from vertical to landscape and intensified the existing colors. Still too ho-hum, I added yellow.

I’m also busy on the business end of life (bleah) organizing digital photo files, creating show-and-tell booklets to leave at art galleries, and entering my paintings in shows.

I’ve recently finished new paintings which will be photographed soon. They’ll be on the website shortly.

Pushing the “What if I did this?” button, here you see gold thread I’ve embroidered onto the spirals. I’m still not done with this puppy; it lacks enough tension for my taste so you’ll have to visit the website to see the final version.

Pushing the “What if I did this?” button, here you see gold thread I’ve embroidered onto the spirals. I’m still not done with this puppy; it lacks enough tension for my taste so you’ll have to visit the website to see the final version.

Stay tuned!

Judy

P.S. If you are curious about the batik process, check out my Facebook page for my short and sweet “Studio Update” videos.

Rockin Robin