Abstract and observational painting, mark making, ink paintings, iconography, installations — what’s an artist to do when there is so much to do and so much possibility? When I’m shopping and I get stuck in making a decision, I always try out the strategy “Just get both of them.” It’s great — I get both items and then take back the one that I end up not choosing. It’s a version of “do it all.” Yet lately I have been feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the week to bring all the ideas rattling around in my skull to fruition.

Soooo, for right now, I’m going to paint, probably looking at more metaphorical endeavors rather than the purely abstract. We will see. The piece posted here comes from a trip my husband and I took to Ireland about ten years ago. Unexpectedly, there were swans everywhere. It was so terrifically inspiring that painting swans became an obsession when I got back to my studio. The color palette was inspired directly by the dark black/brown/green water that contrasted so beautifully with the swan’s bright plumage. In the end, my favorite swans all sold. That’s the joy of having work documents though — I will always have the image with me.