I’ve just finished roughing out paper patterns for 18 new wall mounted works for my March show at Foster/White. It’s hard to show what I’m doing in this phase because it’s just white on white. It’s a little crazy-making working on these day after day but I am definitely feeling a sense of satisfaction in seeing them pile up around the studio.

Mia, my intern, has started prepping the wood panels for them to be mounted on. She sealed them yesterday and will start painting the edges tomorrow.

For this series I’m working more directly from photographs than I have before. The following are the patterns for Madrone 17 and 18 and the photos that inspired them.

Madrone 17

Madrone 18

I’m approaching the work in a different order, too. Usually I pick a color palette and do a bunch of dyeing before I design the patterns. Then, once I have the patterns done, I play mix and match with the fabrics. This time I made the patterns first. It should streamline the process and save me some time.

The problem is I’m kind of sick of white on white and little bits of paper. I haven’t decided whether to keep at it and refine the patterns while I’m in the groove or to take a week off from patterns and play with color.

It may depend on the weather. If we go into another rainy spell I may just need to get out the dyes to get some color therapy.