Staring at the River

About This Work

The color in the image is made from reclaimed brick I found in Stark Park, Manchester NH. I handmade the pigment into red ochre watercolor pigment. I have long enjoyed the quick sketching that happens with a live model because there is something vulnerable, unperfect in the minimal lines. The model here is my husband sitting on a rock in the West River in Newfane VT. Water has and I think continues to be linked with passageways or portals; there is a calm element when being in or near water. An unhurried atmosphere. The watercolor image is painted on watercolor paper, matted onto mulberry covered board and placed inside a pine frame that was handcrafted by my woodworker father in law.