Illustrative Versus

So Now You Know
Pencil & Watercolour
11” x 15.5”
28. March

From Toru Yoshikawa’s suggestion:
So now you know

This piece concludes my series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
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Peacock Feather ~
charcoal & pastel
9.5” x 12.5” image [on 11'' x 15'' 130lb paper]
24, March

From Tino Romeo’s suggestion:
Peacock

This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
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Robin’s-egg Blue
waterclolour & powdered graphite on paper
9”x 9”

from Alllison J. Bratt’s suggestion:
Robin’s-egg blue

This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
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The Sky’s Ablaze
2nd attempt
gouache, ink & watercolour on paper
12” x 16” started on 17 finished on 18 Mar
from Dan Miller’s suggestion:
From Was (not was)

My father used to take a drink or two when I was young
It was then hallucinations always dangled from his tongue
The sky’s ablaze with ladies’ legs he used to say
They’re kicking from the clouds
Shoes fall thru the morning haze & splat like eggs amongst the crowds
“Can you see them, son?” my father asked
“Now they’re dancing plain as day”….

This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art

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..it’s a drab, gray, lavender, damp feeling highlighted by clean, clear, bright sunlight…
acrylic, gouache, watecolour & couloured pencil on paper 9” x 12” 16,17,18 Mar
~ I may do another version…something ‘sunnier’

from Andrea McCarter’s suggestion:
”…it’s a drab, gray, lavender, damp feeling highlighted by clean, clear, bright sunlight…”

This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art

All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.

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The Sky’s Ablaze
1st attempt
collage

from Dan Miller’s suggestion:
From Was (not was) -

My father used to take a drink or two when I was young
It was then hallucinations always dangled from his tongue
The sky’s ablaze with ladies’ legs he used to say
They’re kicking from the clouds
Shoes fall thru the morning haze & splat like eggs amongst the crowds
“Can you see them, son?” my father asked
“Now they’re dancing plain as day”….

This piece, The Sky’s Ablaze, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art

All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.

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Garden II
2nd version – something to dance to
Magazine collage W/ cardstock
8.5” x 12” image on larger bristol paper.charcoal, gouache & acrylic on paper
8.5” x 11” image on larger paper
out of my head & stencil letters

from Bradford Playford’s suggestion:

”The first god: had in his garden, from the back, looked like
a household pet–but when it was twirled ’round was revealed to be a three legged black grey hog; See what flows from his mushy pen.”

This piece, Garden, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced daily based on suggestions on my
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Garden
charcoal, gouache & acrylic on paper
8.5” x 11” image on larger paper
out of my head & stencil letters

from Bradford Playford’s suggestion:

”The first god: had in his garden, from the back, looked like
a household pet–but when it was twirled ’round was revealed to be a three legged black grey hog; See what flows from his mushy pen.”

* There’s another version I might post later…

This piece, Garden, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art

All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.

If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/garden