
sometimes when I get to the end of the day my brain just isn’t very organized. It can be vexing.

covering my tracks.
This was inspired by fellow Harmony Collective artist Benoit Bussiere, who makes absolutely gorgeous paintings, applying layers to cover and partially reveal earlier layers underneath.

I had a long wait for supper this evening, at the opening of Cocina Lupita, a food truck run by an El Salvadoran family that has long staffed the kitchen of the restaurant where I work. It was wonderful to watch parents and kids eating, playing, and working together in the warmth of a long summer evening. It brought life to the parking lot of Wilson’s department store, which closed over a year ago and has stood huge and empty ever since. Here was a bright spark of community coming into life.

9/15/21 Here’s where this one has landed. I like some of the colors of the original better, and fall prey to the desire to have things tidy and clean. So much to learn, always.

I did a few more touches and if feels better now. Below is the original post, which now holds place as a process shot!

Honestly, I just wanted to paint something as red as the flowers I saw in a planter I saw while doing errands in town. I did not succeed (those flowers were really, truly, amazingly red) , but I don’t mind an excuse to paint more flowers.