Summer 2011 found me ... making art again!  I was a bit rusty and getting back to it was a great feeling... I do miss it greatly during the school year.

I challenged myself -- the self who normally goes bold pronto ... and immediately to neon and black -- and there is some of that here... to work smaller AND to incorporate a more California-friendly palette (i.e. the pastel colored "Painted Ladies" looking like wedding cakes). 

So with this challenge in hand, I bought these small sheets of paper, as well as a package of antique kimono swatches that I wanted to try to incorporate... Thus, you will see in some of this work... the scale, less aggressive paint quality and softer color sensibility (ALL tough restrictions for me) I sought.

A first stab... More to come as I challenge myself...