This is an experiment in layering rice papers, that is, three are glued together. The middle layer is painted on separately. The main painting is on the top sheet. The third layer is Masa paper, a machine made paper of great strength. The other two are delicate Chinese papers which tear readily when wet. It is always a challenge to cleanly attach various papers without wrinkles ocurring. In some cases the wrinkles are desirable and become part of the art, as in paintings depicting water or great action - the wrinkles add a demension of interest. In this painting I am making a decided effort to depart from realism and branch out into more abstract, free-form art.
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