Migra

Migra belongs to the Journey into Intimacy Series; an expressionistic, gestural exploration of intimacy expressed through a personal, symbolic language often synaesthetically inspired. This piece takes it name from Santana's song "Migra" (Supernatural Album). Migra also refers to the Mexican border patrol. That's interesting because I recently (twice in the last month) have walked over the border to Tiajuana. To me, this painting straddles several worlds, just as I do, having spent the first 26 years of my life in Canada and the last 20 in the United States.

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Summer Winds Looking Within It's almost musical! Ego Ray of Life Emerging Peace Interrupted The stomach noticed the stomach Resembles a heart with the aortic artery where the esophagus would be if it was indeed a stomach

Today's black orchid

Today I sketched a black orchid 'cause my buddy James wanted a photo, so of course I didn't listen (as my husband tells me fairly often!) and sketched and photographed my black orchid instead. I really like how this photo turned out; very moody. Perhaps like watching a movie filmed with late '60's Russian Lomo lenses?

So, this is how my week started out. Later I worked on a weird, spacey, possibly deep lagoon creature that I painted on a black gessoed canvas. After going as far as I could with that piece I started a new painting; not sure what to tell you about it yet, but here is the palette I was using.

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