She stayed in the treasure chest for a very long time, almost half a year … and finally today was her day: my dear friend Susanne’s!
One of the interesting days again, where brushes and colours seem to work without thinking. After I had taped this clear structured background with masking tape, all kinds of paint found their way to the paper: charcoal, water colours, ink, acrylic, gouache and oil paint…
Why I did not remove the masking tape before painting Susanne, I cannot say, I had just painted over it and when noticing, I decided to cut the tape later and leave this part stuck on.
I followed this plan while removing the tape … just to witness myself a milliseconds later, taking this part of the tape off and sticking it up side down again onto the paper. I must have kept my breath, as I was bursting out loud quite shocked after a time “Susanne, what are you doing?!?” … “Keep calm and just paint the “empty” space in gold”, was the answer … so I did.
There is a lot in this painting!
Thank you, Susanne!
<3 Susanne