July-August, A Year of Forgetting, 40in x 62in, acrylic on canvas, 2017
July-August, Closeup, 40in x 62in, acrylic on canvas
October, acrylic on canvas, 40in x 40in, 2017
March, acrylic on canvas, 31.5in x 40in, 2017
September, acrylic on canvas, 39.25in x 32in, 2017
January-February, acrylic on canvas, 31-5/8in x 42in, 2017
June, 26in x 40in, acrylic, pastel, and charcoal on canvas, 2017
Legend of Forgetting Symbols, graphite and marker on bristol board, 13in x 17in, 2017
Sketchbook of Forgetting, July, 2017
January 2019, oil on canvas, 36in x 36in, 2019
Each painting is a visual recording of a month of daily lapses of memory. I start with a set of shapes that represent different types of forgetfulness, like when someone finishes my sentence, or forgetting what I was saying after I’m interrupted, plus many more. I begin with pencil composites of each day’s forgetting-symbols in my sketchbook. Later I make a fanciful painting that functions as a map or calendar of the mental-me, poking fun, I hope, at the aging process.