squash from failures

I had lunch at Dave's today. He invited Brian, Jamie, and me for a duck and sausage cassoulet. So very very good and served with the most perfect bitter frisee salad. We started talking about all kinds of things and then Jamie mentioned the theory of collage and I asked what was that? Long explanation about deconstruction of iconic or meaningful images and can include print, objects, paint, paper, minerals. I thought. . .

. . .  and when I came home I thought about deconstructing my painting failures into another version of the damn squash.

Into the windows I will put some images. Cut up photos of meaningful people? In the background I still have to do something. Maybe print out damn squash damn squash damn squash damn squash damn squash damn squash damn squash damn squash over and over and paste it in the background. Maybe some crayons.

This is one pen line and 7 brush lines. Ink and watercolor on paper.

More work on the collaged squash. Maybe overworked. Comte crayons, charcoal, soft pastels, watercolor, charcoal.