"My Artistic Life..."

...much like this sketchbook page...

has been a mosaic of intertwined activities...

one layered upon the next...for the past month or so.

This page was started in December

with the heat lamp drawn in the lower right corner.

It was drawn while waiting for Marlene

over at Birt's cafe.

We were to have a zentangle inspired drawing date.

We met,

we drew a little,

and we ended up gabbing a whole lot more.

Since that was the only item on the page...

I decided to incorporate it

into a series of drawings...like a collage effect.

Well...

then came multiple health issues with my parents...

and my surgical waiting room time

quickly

became packed jammed with

tiny circles and crosshatching patterns.

I really had no intention

of filling in all the gravel areas

with such detail...it just happened.

It was my way of coping...and de-stressing.

Before I knew it

the page had become full.

The actual view is of part of my parents back yard

and if you look really closely

you can see that the dates I worked on the piece

are embedded into the drawing.

I painted it just the other night...in under

a half hour or so.

That was the first time in over a month

where

I was able to let the paint fly

and

allow my Muse to simply play.

It felt so darned good...it really, really did.

So very much more to share...later.