This drawing is an experiment. When I made it this morning sitting on a deck looking at a typical backyard in a suburban neighborhood in Framingham, MA, I liked what I saw, the white house, garage, and shed, bright in the sunlight, trees, gray, in early April without leaves, a large pine, a dark screen of black branches, etc. It might look better in color, but all I had was a pencil and a sketchbook. The experiment is testing my view that art is where you find it, and make it, in response to what you see, especially to the mundane. I do love visiting exotic places (like Nice) but most of us don't live there, and Nice is probably not exotic to most people who have lived there all their lives. I think an ordinary backyard can be visually exciting, whether in Nice or Framingham. Maybe I haven't convinced you with this drawing. But it's something I think about all the time.
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