I have been combining the weaker pieces into fewer stronger pieces. it is amazing to realize in the deconstruction that what you are doing is creating more to construct. Maybe its not Amazing really but it seems that every move I make I generate more to work with. These pieces are held together with a cut tack grid. It looks quilted in this bad photo. 
this is a canvas I cut off it's stretcher, something about the crisp straight edge was driving me crazy. It was all wheat-pasted but I ripped it all off, well almost all and I am preparing the surface to receive more layers but I think I breathed when I painted on the gesso and so may just leave it as is 
This is one of the piles in my studio. Deconstructed
today was an incredibly productive day in the studio....for the past week or so I have been dilly-dallying. thinking mostly about what moves to make to bring this work to a close and prepare for the residency. I have been thinking intently on how I would like to present this work. I feel that last res my work was misinterpreted simply by the way I had chosen to present it. I am a stylist by profession and so I am inclined to STYLE and install.....I see it all as one. 98% of the work I have completed for this res is on paper. I'm not sure my idea is going to work and so am hesitant to give it a go. Plus I just finished my 5th piece of homemade pizza and I still want more. 
the stenciled number may not be the right move for this one. I just love spray paint and stencils. we'll see, I don't think it will last or at least not be quite so noticeable.
