Woodland Cairn

Original Art. Watercolor and ink on cotton paper. 8in x 3 7/8in. #11 in the series.
Frame is 6” x 10”
Print 10" x 6"
I had books about gnomes when I was a kid.  They were detailed accounts, full of visual representations of the lives of the woodland creatures.  How they cook, how they sleep, where they work, where they play.  Secret  little enclaves inside of tree stumps full of all the provisions of life.  It was fascinating and I always wished I could live there.  I really wanted my own pet mouse.
 
But it's abstract.  The meaning is not in what I see.  It's about what you think, or rather how we think about it differently.  Colors, shapes, tones and lines effect us individually.  Abstraction is a solitary experience, not a collective one.