“City of Props"

Several days ago, I thought I should do a painting for this year's OPA show. I got on my calendar trying to make a plan, but to my surprise that I found out the dead line of submission had already passed. This is the first time I missed the  OPA show since I joined. This kind of things have happened more often lately. I felt like the rabbit in "Alice in the Wonderland", and being late for almost everything.

I have spent two days on this 12" x 16". In May, I will be part of a three-person show in a gallery. I must crank more gallery paintings between my workshop teaching trips. With this painting, I really practiced how and what to paint on the second day. Naturally, I will get tighter. So I deliberately controlled myself not going that way. I worked on the edges and the design of supporting items. The result is not bad.

When I was trying to concentrate on figuring out the colors and edges of the painting, I saw the white rabbit running in my mind, dragging a gold watch, crying "I am late, I am late, I am late late late ...".