I suffer from severe depressive disorder, bipolar 1, bipolar 2, and complex PTSD, as well as the after effects of six strokes, 50 TIAs, and a seizure or two. The COVID quarantine did not help matters. I, like several of my artist friends, found myself severely blocked. During a time, when one would think we could be free from social distractions to spend more time producing art, instead, almost nothing.
An artist friend in Georgia proposed an exchange. She asked me to paint Hollyhocks and mail it to her. In exchange, she would send me one of her paintings. We did not discuss what she would paint for me.
This painting is on a piece of canvas drop-cloth that I stretched on 11″ x 36″ bars. I had attempted to paint three other paintings on this canvas over the last year. Since this is only one plant, I hope she won’t be disappointed. Technically, it is not “hollyhocks”, but just a lonely hollyhock.
She is very pleased with it! Her name is Suzane Jordan Carty. She painted a lovely 8″ x 10″ abstract painting and a ~3″paper mache’ nest with three small paper mache’ eggs. They are faintly iridescent.
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