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So far in January I have used the pen & the book to keep track of the hours I put into my current B&W work – on a long roll of Fabriano mid-weight paper.

Working on the floor like an iguana I am almost 1/3rd through the roll of paper working with black & white gouache, B&W ink, water-soluble graphite pencils, and drawing pens.

Introducing Boudicea, Queen of the Icenis. I am developing a metaphor in ‘now’ for Boudicea based on her famed history & Celtic roots.

I will shift into a different ‘feeling’ of depiction soon. Around the 1/3rd mark.

This work will mirror (in part) & dovetail with my previous subject matter on the ‘long blue roll’ of Fabriano mid-weight paper (same height and length).

So it seems I will have a two-part work on two rolls of paper.

Now it seems the plan is for the work to become a diptych. I think this fits the criteria for a diptych.

My goal is to reintroduce images from the ‘original’ (first) ‘mostly blues’ roll of paper into the B&W (second) roll of paper and develop the themes manifesting my investigations over the last few years.

My plan will take a few months longer as I complete part two of this two-part work (a mere 2/3rds of the current roll of paper to complete).

Info about the overall project:

In 2022 I completed a long painting/drawing on Italian mid-weight paper titled ‘Druidica Blue: Deja Vu (Cave Art of the New Psyche).‘

Mostly Working in Silence

Section 7 (of 11) from the 5′ X 35′ work:

In 2023 I began working on a long roll of paper using B&W in painting/drawing. I posted about beginning this:

Yes, it seems I have….

A detail of the B&W work in progress with the working title: ‘On the Day Boudicea Rode at Midnight.’