Dew

Unknown Butterfly

With a "Butterfly a Day" series I am practicing on catching form and light without all the detail I'm infamous for and it's been a struggle.

I see all this detail and want to focus in and catch the beauty and I fight my way back to just shadow, form and light. I've done this focus and and pull myself back out all day long, my brain feels like it's stuffed with cotton.

My behavior reminds me of the time I spent learning to meditate with my eyes open focused a couple feet in front of me rather than meditating on my breath coming and going out of my nostrils with my eyes closed. One form of meditation on the breath is pinpointed focusing awareness like a laser and the other form with eyes open soften and broadens awareness.

Painting has been sold... 11 x 7, handmade 300lb rough cold-press cotton paper, watercolor, gouache, pen, and ink.