Well that damn nearly killed me to get through but here are all 125 paintings completed in 125 days in all of their bright and color saturated glory. And like any great undertaking results were all over the map/psyche. See what I did there?
Some were beautiful in the creation. Some held little gems of insight in the process. Some became beautiful as they dried, and some just never quite made it. Some made me cry and some hurt. Some I didn’t understand. Some displayed my infant skills for all to see and were profoundly humbling, while others showed me to be better than I actually am. Some were joys, others were monsters, but still joys. Some led me down extraordinary paths of thought and philosophy. Others demanded a depth of self-honesty that some days seemed too large of a feat for one person. And nothing, I mean NOTHING went as planned. Water doesn’t seem to respond to “planning.”
There were moments of effortlessness, and those moments were so enormously satisfying.
All were reflections, because water is like that. Honest, nurturing, and sometimes a bit brutal.
The learning and the process of discovery during Series 4 was a beautiful and moving experience. My deepest thanks to Mac and Riley for putting up with all of the paint and paintings, and for helping me with the titles. Thank you to the beautiful soul who custom built a watercolor tabletop and wall thing (I don’t know what to call that!) so that I would stop staining my countertops and refrigerator. And thank you to all who provided encouragement and kept tuning in to check out the latest painting! I’m grateful and excited to move forward. My next step is to start working on the writing that will go with the 125 Images Project, and to begin pulling all of the work together. There will definitely be a 5th Series, but I need many, many naps (and cocktails!) before I am ready to conquer another 125 Mountains Images. Please stay tuned for the writings and the reflections from the past projects – lots and lots of material to rediscover. And feel free to send me cocktails. Or cupcakes. Or cocktails and cupcakes to help the restoration process along.
From a purely image driven point of view, my favorites from this series were #2, #39, #46, #59, #84, #111, and #119.
Did you have any favorites? Or any questions or comments? Ideas for Series 5? Please light up the comments section below!
the beginnings of a web #1
biome #2
meridians #3
a heart came forward and then retreated a little #4
falling dreams #5
the rise of light #6
bloom (sneeze) #7
to look within #8
when you hear this sound, think of me #9
it started with a dragon #10
a world underneath a world #11
something happened in this space #12
I’ve never really been any good at pink elephants #13
I poured my heart into these flowers #14
branches, feathers, a splash of vodka and that bright pink coming through #15
to see that space from this space #16
one thing layered over this other thing #17
3 states of being & 2 transitions #18
what bubbles to the surface #19
I found these hearts and this mountain #20
to find these forms and this energy for this particular space (For Scott Putman’s Tensegrity) #21
bloom (cups) #22
as above #23
the forest for the trees #24
from a wing #25
this heart #26
it began with an orange dot in the center of the paper #27
cavern #28
inside a dream looking out through a window #29
for the faint of heart #30
seven of pentacles or air forest #31
petals and a flying figure #32
a place of memory #33
in this world, i can breathe #34
systems #35
four chambers #36
leaf veins, rivers, and a flower #37
above and below #38
umbrella-ella-ella #39
mountain/globe/trees/window/river #40
close to home #41
a different kind of sight #42
petals and folds #43
travel light #44
somewhere in there, there is a garden #45
heart and soul #46
bless you (three upside down hearts) #47
graph #48
net #49
submerged #50
sideways tree #52
structure #53
apparitions #54
energetically it shows a 2nd world #55
growth #56
finding something lighter #57
a center of sorts #58
bird or fox #59
breaking things down for a moment #51
damselfly, whale, scorpion, or crow #60
falling flowers #61
rain #62
veins #63
jellyfish #64
waterfall #65
standing up #66
air trees 2 #67
six of wands #68
a world, figures and a shot through the space #69
illusion #70
3 coins and 4 feathers #71
take heart #72
a darkened blue heart #73
A figure coming forward #74
veins and washes #75
tributaries #76
what’s underneath #77
tulip #78
her cup runneth ovah #79
a heart or a bloom or both #80
upwards #81
sideways #82
underneath so many layers #83
guided #84
broadcast #85
wing and sky #86
forest #87
a space to begin #88
a sticky world, tethered #89
a kiss #90
trees and moon and sky #91
surface #92
scales #93
building blocks #94
the breaking apart #95
within this space #96
twilight dancer #97
places of attachment #98
topography of sorts #99
garden #100
petals and stems #101
begin again #102
ridges and barriers #103
painting a peony #104
dancer and moon #105
found in woodlands #106
surrender #107
focus here #108
tree #109
venus in gemini #110
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing #111
shadows #112
terrain #113
shed #114
5 wishes #115
space and spirit #116
center #117
the last drops #118
mountains and movement #119
of the earth #120
a land far away #121
brain and spine #122
a floating world #123
collective or why forests are beautiful # 124
the ending of the fourth #125
