This is a 9?x12? page divided into 12 squares, each representing difficult achievements in my life!  The inspiration is the Twelve Labors of Hercules, the media are water soluble graphite, watercolor pencil, & watercolor paint on paper, draft 1 is on the left, draft 2 in the center, with the digital version of draft #1 at right.

The events are not in chronological order.  Captions for the squares/events, left to right, top to bottom:

1. early rebellion, childhood success stopping ballet lessons,
2. prison like boredom #1,
3. grey boring sensory deprivation (career at Boeing) from which I …
4. escape into a more colorful world (Port Townsend),
5. growing a garden, in more ways than one,
6. angst, anger, dysfunctional personal dynamics learned as a child,
7. from which I extract myself (mostly),
8. house #1 (building the straw-bale home in Port Townsend),
9. appreciation & awareness of nature,
10. making art, my own studio, etc.
11. making art: expanding into sculpture, casting, & learning to carve rock,
12. house #2, my current home & studio.