Studio Day
After what has been too, too long I had a decent day in the studio. Made the big “to do after the term ends” list and continued to work on a series of related drawings. There have been too many large gaps of time and it’s difficult to pick up from the last session but will continue to adjust to the new position, its demands and the reality of being here. Summer is right around the corner and I know even three or four solid studio days will re-align the psyche.
I’m 50 pages from finishing up Moby Dick and I’m realizing it has completely infiltrated my images.
Water, river current, ocean, tidal rhythms, dramatic weather (and mood) shifts seem to propel me along here in Pont-Aven. A few steps from my studio is a little stone structure that used to shelter women washing the laundry at the river’s edge. A fantastic place to sit, ruminate, meditate, hydrate and contemplate. Midway through my project list is a river propelled zoetrope. I want to convert the little structure into a one or two person theatre and produce a series of gestural movement to play out with the river’s pace. We have an old school arc welder at the school and will hopefully fire it up (and not the school) during the summer.
Here’s a few shots of some of the drawings. The two single images, I believe, are finished and the wall shots are pieces that will go through many more transformations (in fact have since the photos were taken).
