Work on the tryptych I’m working on continues. I have a critique on the three paintings this coming Monday led by my painting mentor Heather. She saw the first of the three in Sage Art Center the other day and suggested I leave the first two at the sketchy, faded-paint-stroke-edge stage they were now, and paint the third to the same level of the first two. Then, I can look at all three and decide if I want to add any details that would add to the meaning or leave them as they are. She thought that the background’s unfinished strokes suggested the faded memories my work speaks about. The dark colors I’m using will always be close in tone and of not of much contrast . . . to suggest memories fading into the dark corners of our minds—as time passes.

Below is painting number two in the series. I’ve used photos I took of grandaughter Paige with an inflated sphere my own fading memory thinks was a balloon she and her sister were tossing around.

Painting 2 in the series with Paige and the inflated sphere

Come back to see how the series progresses and what Paige does with the inflated sphere.