Paths and parallel universes….

…is the theme of the book I’ve worked in today- another Hawaii Round Robin book.  The title led me to think immediately of Robert Frost and monoprinting…yep- my brain made that leap without telling me in advance – the nerve, huh?

I ‘mono-printed’ using acrylic paints – both heavy-bodied Golden acrylics as well as fluid acrylics. The monoprinting was my technique to go with the theme…it created a sort of ‘parallel universe’ right on the pages, though reversed in image.  The path theme was taken up with an addition of Robert Frost’s Poem “The Road Not Taken” – undoubtedly one of his best and certainly most-oft memorized and loved.

(Of course, I’m also VERY much drawn to his “Walking by Woods on a Snowy Evening” – but that’s for another day, as it was near 100F today here in SW Oregon.)

I printed out the poem on a transparency sheet, and attached it at the top of the right-hand page with big staples.  Hand-painting with more fluid acrylics and a white pen, plus stamping footprints on the pages, completed this spread, as well as a quick spray/wash of Adirondack butternut ink for the background.

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