A small exercise from last night, incomplete:  this is a 9″x12″ page divided into 12 squares, each intended to represent a difficult achievement in my life!  The inspiration is the Twelve Labors of Hercules, the media are water soluble graphite, watercolor pencil, & watercolor paint on paper.

Two more to go, probably involving art!

The storyline, left to right, top to bottom:

1. early rebellion, 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, disfunctional personal dynamics learned as a child,
7. from which I extract myself.
8. house #1 (building the strawbale home in Port Townsend)
9. appreciating nature
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12. house #2, my current home & studio.