Archive for May 10th, 2007

Engaging my right brain

May 10th, 2007 by ailsa



Hexagonal painting

I plan to paint when I’m back home. I painted this during my last trip, using acrylic paints on prestretched canvas. I chose this design because it reminded me of the patchwork quilt blankets that my mom made. Since stitching pieces of cloth together takes too much time, so why not just paint it? Besides, I have a long history of starting complicated craftwork but never completing them. During my trip home in summer of 2004, I brought back a cross-stich piece called Max in the Adirondacks (an illustration of a cat lazing amidst fishing gadgets). I still have the unfinished piece in a box in the closet. Too complicated, too many colors and details, and it’s not fun anymore, feels like hard work!