6:12 PM: yesterday i went to the dentist to have a molar extracted. it had had a root canal, and was causing a bone damage & gum infection surrounding the tooth. the predictable effects of the surgery started showing up once the anaesthetic starting wearing off, and ramped up from then on. the pain & swelling is predictable following an extraction & bone graft, but you can’t really imagine it until it happens. i’m on antibiotics for the next week, and can only have liquids or very soft food.
so no studio today! and possibly tomorrow as well. then monday i have to drive back to my dentist in alamosa, which is 50 miles each way, to have the site checked, so no studio monday….we’ll see about tuesday.
often these breaks away from the studio actually benefit my work, allowing me to take some distance & re-evaluate recent work.
in the mean time, i’ll revisit two little paintings in gouache on paper, one of which has collaged pieces of maps, that i made back in april for my newborn grand daughter in athens. they now hang on her bedroom wall.