I'm excited to get started on this canvas. It took a few weeks to make it (raw canvas and big stretcher bars and cross brace treked here by UPS, my artist daughter Emma helped me stretch it, and then I prepared it with three coats of gesso.) These preparatory phases are time-consuming, yet I've come to value the process as a step in creating the work- touching the canvas, I admire it's texture, and applying gesso, I'm connecting with the movement and mood of the image-to-be, and start to see it on the surface. I'll let the gesso 'cure' for a few days, and THEN, I get to let loose with springy brushes and lovely color- can't wait!
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