It's been a peaceful day, and the first one I've really been able to work. It started off nicely, with one of our artist residents, a young artist named Grace (and also my roomie) giving a very nice presentation of her work, which was very interesting. She does "projection mapping" (I'm not quite sure what it is still, except that it involves scanning found vintage pornography images into your computer and making an animated collage that comes out looking a bit like a weird cartoon) and she gave a demonstration on this. Again, quite interesting, but way out of my depth. I'm just a simple gal who loves to paint, so I felt a little unable to completely grasp the concept of this medium, but that could also be because I'm old haha....at least compared to a 20 year old ;-) Anyway, it is nice to see other artists and their creative processes, no matter what medium they work in.
I went out and painted this little study of Lake Vembanad from the edge of our property. There were many reeds and the dense lilypads seem to form surface so solid on the edge of the lake, it seems you would be able to walk on them! Obviously, that would not be a good suggestion, as you would wind up drowned in lilypads at the bottom of the lake, so I will just stay where it is nice and solid, and paint this lovely little scene at my leisure. It took about 2 hours, but that was with breaking for lunch and talking with Ru Ru. For a 2 year old, he has some definite opinions about painting!
So, the others went out to the market, and being that I was still not done with my painting, I decided to stay behind. The compound is nearly empty, so floating in the pool was quite relaxing and quiet, as I listened to my own heartbeat through the water, I felt I could have been back in the amniotic sac, floating in uetero...the layers of stress just slowly peel away like a snake shedding its skin.
I am looking forward to more work tomorrow, I've made a pact with myself to get "x" number of paintings done (I won't reveal the number in case I miss the mark haha). In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this little window peek at Lake Vembanad~
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