I have a bit of understanding of medical science so I was pleased to be the designated interpreter between the patient and the oncologist. The doc and I hit it off very well, especially when he started talking about cancer cell mutations. He really warmed up when I asked if HOX gene mutations play any […]
When I was young nobody ever said the word ‘cancer’ in a normal tone of voice. It would always be said in a whisper. For example, “Did you hear, Joanie has… cancer…?” with the last word barely said, or just mouthed, without sound. The other day, I encountered the modern-day equivalent of minimization of the ‘C’ […]
Today I experimented with layers of color. I began with splotches of the primary colors on pre-wetted paper. After it dried I overlaid the same colors again. I repeated this several times until a central form developed. The final image could be the eye of a colorful storm or a very close up view of […]
I am grateful that I dream in vivid images. It is difficult to transcribe the most simple images from my mind to paper. Since my dreams are immersive (that is, I feel that I am within a three-dimensional space), I must choose which part of my dream environment to portray. A photographer does the same […]
I began today with a black ink pen and an idea of a loquat leaf in mind. I made amorphous scribbles that were leaf-ish and loquat fruit-ish and then colored outside most of the lines I created. My style thus far has been to use my lines as boundaries. It is good however, not to […]
I really like signs. I appreciate the simple declarative ones, for example: Ambiguous signs are amusing: I also like unique signs. I saw this one today: How does one get a ‘Confined Space’ permit anyway?
Ideas of the loquat and the loquat leaf are still in my head. Today I used my compass and ruler to construct the loquat leaf. In my other drawings of these leaves, I left out their scallopedness. Although my watercolor today is an abstract of two loquats and a leaf, it is more representational of the leaf than […]
The photo below came to mind as my posts of the past few days have progressed from representational to abstract (see Overdone?, Loquat Tree Detail, Nespoli, Abstract Nespoli, Nespol-Leaf Salad). I remember how cold it was that day in New York City. The sun was bright, however and the it was shining directly on the […]
The nespoli (also known as loquats) are still hanging around on the tree, although there are a significant number on the ground. Some of them on the tree have been eaten away by birds. Squirrels like them too, but I haven’t seen them around. I took some more pictures, this time concentrating on the leaves. […]
My sketch from yesterday was a schematic of a tree full of loquats, otherwise known as nespoli. Here it is: Here is the completed study: Here is the original photo from which this abstract was designed.
