Cosmos IV, acrylic on canvas, 10x10" (25x25cm) last one of the "Cosmos" series of four paintings.Last year, I found and read the book: ARTISTS SKETCHBOOKS AND ILLUSTATED DIARIES, Exploring the In/Visible. Unfortunately, I didn't keep a record of the author/editor. Among the artists that kept wonderful sketchbooks are -Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun, -Sara Rosenbluth, -Susan Abbott, -Natalia Blanch, and many others. I believe sketchbooks are the most intimate form of artistic expression. Picasso said: "Je suis le cahier." (I am the sketchbook.) An artist's sketchbook is a record of her life, not usually intended for public display. Travel is a source of inspiration for me and has been for many other artists. Keeping a sketchbook gives you an awareness of the immediate, the moment, the now. When you are sketching life stops, and you feel the pulse of the universe without past or future.
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