TITLE:  "Fibonacci Sequence"
PRICE:  Not For Sale
SIZE:  33 7/8 inches wide by 23 inches high (unmatted)
MEDIA:  Technical pen on acid free Strathmore illustration board and gouache
DATE OF COMPLETION:  May 9, 2016

So, I have some sad news to report about my painting. It is still hard
for me to believe the following actually happened. It's even a bit
embarrasing to tell the story, but I will tell it! OK, here goes...
About 5 minutes after my "sleepy" posting about the painting's
completion, I opened up my refrigerator and found an opened can of
Dole Pinapple rings in their own sugar-free juice. Being the batchelor
that I am, I began to use a fork to finish off the 1/3 eaten can of
fruit. Midway into that rather difficult task of "fishing for
pineapple slices" and drinking some of the juice -- with a fork, I
proceeded to accidentally DROP the can onto the hard linolium kitchen
floor surface. I mumbled a few regretful, long "OK's" and knelt down
on all fours to clean up the liquid fruit-scattered mess. While doing
so, I noticed the trajectory of the errupting can managed to end up on
my recently vacuumed livingroom capet in some places. Long story short
-- I stood up and noticed the spray had in fact landed on the paining
in about 15 tiny but very obvious places -- involving about half as
many colors. I could not believe what I was seeing. One word came out
of my mouth. In complete shock and disbelief. I said "NO!" -- as if to
say: "No, this cannot actually be happening right now MINUTES AFTER
the final stars were just added!" But this DID happen, and it is
(needless to say but I will say it anyway) going to be difficult to
fix -- if I should try to. I probably will, but color matching is an
art in and of itself. Fortunately, I always create a pallet of used
colors for touch-ups -- should they be necessary. They will be needed!
Sorry to report this "mini-disaster" which CAN be detected on close
observation!

Lee Bradley comments:

"Sorry to hear. Good luck in the repair."

Sally Bradley comments:

"Is it possible to change your original concept of the painting to
mean something else? Just a thought."

I comment:

"Interesting thought. Recently I had a conversation with someone about
what the Buddhists do when they complete their mandalas. As you may
know, they sweep them away (colored sand grains...) immediately upon
completion to emphasise the lesson of impermanence in all things. I
definitely noticed how I wanted to "hold onto" this. And this was a
good lesson. For now, I am letting it all "sink in." Maybe at some
point I will recreate something else from it."

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