Audubon Artists COVID Inspired Art

Images and process harkening back to times when life seemed simpler. In some ways, perhaps it was. But labor was more manual, even with the advent of machinery like this old Ford 8N tractor. I make my watercolors from local Ozark pigments, in a process much like artists of old. While not really 'simpler' than going out to buy tubes of paint, it does connect me to the Earth in ways store bought cannot. With equipment like the tractors, I prefer to use our more modern version. With my paints, I am gratified beyond measure to go back to the old way of doing things.