New House, New Light
We recently moved into 1950’s Camp Blanding house after living in the same little elderly Duckpond apartment for sixteen years. As with any new home, the change brings the unexpected-- some blindingly lovely (like our new neighbors and their respective pets, Skip and Verb) and some requiring a good bit of Youtube diving and donning a Dickies uniform to get very dusty and dirty to fix. In the evenings, filling a small sketchbook of watercolors grew into these few paintings. Checkered tiles were soon supplanted by other more mysterious repeating shapes, until I realized they resemble the shadows on the yet-to-be-replaced blinds in the windows. The vivid colors emerge in a welcome counterpoint to my older more muted work as the new home reveals new light.
watercolor and vinyl transfer on paper
Court Grids
This series of painting were begun after learning to play Pickleball last year. Besides the liberating feeling of play, the grids of the courts and the ways the lines and shadows of multiuse courts—especially tennis and pickleball—interacted in compelling ways. The milkpaint I use is a similar texture and color as most court paint and all are directly inspired by courts I've played across the country. Goldpowder pigment lends a sheen that shifts depending on where you stand.