The abstracts are a recent venture, the result of attending a watercolor workshop that focused on abstract work to loosen up the realist efforts. The early works of this series are based on contour drawings of real objects which are all transferred to a single sheet of paper. This design is then enlarged using a grid system to a full 22" x 30" sheet of watercolore paper. The end result is achieved by using various colors, values, subtracting and adding shapes, using resists, salt, whatever I feel like using that can make the whole composition hold together. I find them challenging in a different way than doing realistic works.