Unlike the three small asides I posted in May, these three came about much quicker mainly because I focused on them. In that regard they became less 'asides' like the first three, yet they still are a part of this emerging series due to other underlying factors.

Each canvas is an 8 inch x 10 inch inexpensive, pre-stretched canvas with a painting from the 2013 series mentioned in the previous post. All three of these paintings contain a similarly printed piece of paper from my 'to be recycled' pile. This piece of paper and the printing on it became the basis of the composition of each painting as I painted on and around the folded forms. A thick, impasto layer of acrylic medium was applied for multiplepurposes: adhering the paper, sealing the enamel paint used previously on the canvas, and creating a texture. Finally, like in the first three, I limited myself to titanium and zinc white, mars and ivory black, but I also for one layer included a dab of Prussian blue to cool the black a bit more.