on guard

I'm beginning to understand Jeanne Williamson's fascination with orange construction fencing. I'm getting some mileage out of some broken bits I unearthed while cleaning.

Guardians 4
ink and gouache on paper
18 x 24 inches (45 x 61 cm)

This is not quite done and the bright white bit at the top is glare on metallic paint but that may be a clue to how to finish it.

i've been away from you a long time

and undergoing more than my usual pre-holiday, holiday, and post-holiday gloom and ruminations.

But I have been making things and decisions and such. One decision is to take up the blog again. So here I am. And here are three small paintings (6 x 8 inches) I did for an open call to benefit a gallery in Beacon, NY:

Stuck for titles, I called them Guardians 1, 2, and 3