Aqua

The color aqua is a touchstone for me (a basis for comparison by which all others may be measured). It shows up in my works consistently. It is the color of my studio walls. It is my favorite jewelry color: turquoise. It was my grandmother's favorite color. It was the color of the dress worn by the rag doll that sat on her toaster and taken down for me to play with on the weekend visits I treasured. I am obsessed with figuring out how to recreate the patina of weathered copper and antique milk paint. I want to figure out how to incorporate the look and color of lichen on stone...on trees into my works.  I love it combined with lime greens and red and bright peony pink. I love aqua.