6:32 PM: while mikela was in the saguache high school meeting with teachers, i went to the dentist in salida, 45 minutes away. i hadn’t eaten anything and it was noon, so i went to sweeties, a cool salida bakery/lunch restaurant, had a veggie sandwich & made a quick drawing of a guy eating lunch. i started drawing a different guy with a cowboy hat, but he got up. i decided to start the new drawing on top of the first one, and it kind of works.
i liked the patterning on his jacket, so i photographed it & may draw on those patterns in my next painting.
the dentist couldn’t get to the bottom of my molar pain, and gave me 3 options, one of which was to pull the tooth, which had a root canal a year ago & i’ve had pain ever since.
i’m going to spend time considering my less extreme options and then make my decision.
while we were away, we had snow in crestone, with temperatures hovering in the high 20’s. an ealy taste of winter is not unusual at this time of fall in crestone/baca.
7:01 AM: yesterday i submitted 3 recent paintings to the arvada art of the state 2022 juried exhibition, which takes place every 3 years. i’ll post them this afternoon.
as well, i’m reviewing my drawings done ove rthe past decade in preparation for an exhibition which is in the formative stage. more about this later today.