Here’s a little teaser of something I’m working on. Yes, I do see the irony of working on a giant sun face when it’s blazing hot outside…
This is going to be a two foot circular painting on wood, for my garden shed. It’s a replacement for the little Mexican ceramic one that’s been hanging on the door since I visited Santa Fe. Sadly, the wind caught the door when I had it open one day, flinging it wide open, smashing the ceramic face against the side of the shed. All summer, that smooshed face has been hanging there, the cracks getting larger. It hasn’t fallen off, which I think is more of a tribute to the industrial strength hanging job I did than anything else. It looks fine from the kitchen window, but every time I look out there, I know it’s broken, and it bugs me.
This piece has no other function than to be pretty. It’s not for a swap or a project. I just want to make it. That kind of arty luxury seems to be rare in my life at the moment…