Abstract
This study page of a bearded iris documents the artist’s process of learning watercolor painting while navigating chronic fatigue, tremor, and pain.
Figure. Work in Progress
This study page documents parts of my creative process. Specific painting materials and techniques offer opportunities for embodied adaptation, especially when constraints are also viewed as possibilities. For example, if occasional tremor interrupts my painting, I have learned to use those times to experiment with different techniques: using my brush at a different speed, working in lighter paint layers, adjusting my body in relation to the painting surface. Real-time visual information while painting cues my next adjustment: my embodiment generates and is generated by my aesthetic goals. This iterative art practice also informs and transforms my everyday life and draws me toward an artful practice of living well with chronic illness.
