Sunday, June 7, 2008 -- Saturday, July 4, 2009

Joan Bailey: Add water, more water...soaking wet....now the first colour. Fluid, bright, intense, beautiful ink....spreading in the water and running to the edges of the canvas....staining the tops of the peaks and chasing thru the valleys of the texture. Add more ink, a different shade, mixing two colours to become three and four, five. Blends of brilliant liquid hue floating across the surface, falling into cracks and settling in formations. Flick another colour in. A few specks of gold, sweet liquid gold. Lay down some plastic and the watery inks are captured into spines. Add some leaves, grass, more texture and shapes. Splash more ink near a leaf and it spreads and clings to the shape. That will be a sharp, sassy line when its dry! Spray some water droplets, drop more ink, more water, more ink, more ink, .....that's why I paint.