Cancer: Day 52

I'm really disturbed by this portrait.  It is supposed to be of Columbus, of course.  But then, I felt compelled to move through it and had to rearrange things a bit.

Someone called it a cancer. I think that fits.

The Ship: Day 46

Today, I was able to do some writing with ease and grace . . . and also a great deal of fear and anxiety.  It is possible to have all those emotions mixed up in you and still produce good writing.  Thank God for that.

The Beginning of the End: Day 42

I now bring The Time of Great Sorrow to its completion.

. . . And I begin anew.  This one is called The Beginning of the End -- and it is just beginning!  More on this later.

The Time of Great Sorrow: Day 41

Here's another artistic rendition of my writing project on Columbus. I'm just getting started, but I really enjoyed using my acrylic paints for the first time today.  I love the texture of the paint -- something you don't get with watercolor (the sky and ocean were done with watercolors -- I used acrylic just for the boat):

And the piece has evolved into this:

The writing below says "Thus began a time of great sorry for the Taino of the Caribbean," which is a sentence I draw directly from a section of the book I am writing.  The Time of Great Sorrow begins really with Columbus second voyage to the (now) Americas in 1493.

The Trinity: Day 40

For my new piece, I focused on a visual representation of my current research and writing project. I'm exploring Columbus' legacy in the Americas, including his relationship with the Taino "Indians" he met along the way.  Here's what I've come up with so far:

The Trinity: Tainos-Columbus-Marjorie Cocotte Florestal

And here it is in more detail: