pickles and peas

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 like to throw things

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.