Oil on Gesso Paper February 2021 9 x 12 inches

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Corona Journal Entry Stuck on an interminable tech support call. Jumped in the car to get a start toward my 5:30 meeting, hoping to dispatch with it and catch a quick oil sketch en route. Pulled over to get info. My hour plus window was shortening into nearly nothing. So I started drawing the tree in front of me while being transferred, prompted, tested. Stress melted. Uninteresting tree became very interesting. § Isn’t that the lesson of the day? Look up! Whatever is right there in front of me is of greater beauty and interest than I thought when I was in a rush to move beyond it. Also I had my painting gear but not my drawing bag. Had planned to paint. Scrambled to find a pen, pencil and brush. Used the gesso paper intended for oils. Made do. Extremely limited time and tools removed all expectations. Such a great formula. § Great comments from two friends. “In your tree, I see strength and beauty; beauty and strength, woven together as one immutable force, reaching optimistically from earth to the sky…” RA. “There is still grace in the twisted trunk.” SP