subtractive drawings and spider mums

Subtractive drawing is one of my favorite things to do. It helps me visualize feeling rather than thinking. These drawings are from my spider mum series. I am trying to respond to them as explosions of joy rather than any analytical interpretation. Spring is on the way after all.
These drawings are all large - 36x30. One of my galleries is doing a Georgia O'Keeffe tribute and I was asked to contribute. I first went to the National Gallery to look at her work. I don't want to copy it, as no one could do it better. I wanted to get into the essence. To me, Georgia simply made us look deeper at something that was small She made it grand.... that alone forces you to stop and see.
I am also working on some spider mum paintings, but right now the drawings say it best.

no sky, say more with less and o'keefe

about 7x8 pastel and watercolor on Uart

The goal in this one was to do less and say more. You can still see at least 50% of the watercolor. Another from the no sky series, this one has mountain behind the foggy trees. Very light whispers of pastel, very much like the touch of the foggy atmosphere.
A quote from Georgia O'Keefe: "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way- things I had no words for."

On another note, my camera DIED! Now I have no camera and very little money to buy another one decent camera. Yipes!  It was a Canon and my google reading now tells me that it is common at its age (3 years) to get the lens stuck.
That brings a special event for you! On June 18th at 5:00 pm I will post a number of my small paintings for sale. Rather than pay for framing and wait for the gallery to sell them I am taking charge. Stay tuned friends!