Nice Day for a Critique

The weather hasn't always been good on critique nights this year.  Twice we has to postpone because of snow.  Spring seems to have finally arrived for real, though I'm keeping my snow shovel ready for a little while longer.  We had 6 for the critique, including some people we haven't seen for a few months. Out initial display group above includes (top row) me, photos from Margery, (bottom row) drawing from Tim, and two older pieces from Molly.  The multiplate etching recently appeared in her Spring Lake presentation, and was one of the first things she made in out Studio, back in 2007.  

Tim had a whole pad full of sketches based on faces, most with a cubist feel, like the one above.
Below, Vince had some new paintings, intentionally trying to get away from his traditional grids.

Jill is now back north for a while, and brought a mix of new work- a traditional painting along with some of her elaborately assembled digital photo collages.  For my new block, response was mixed.  The idea of exploration was clear.  One person saw the knife as being about violence and murder, but I think anyone with backwoods experience would make the connection to hiking the woods.  I expect it will remain part of the image in some form, but maybe with some other hiking equipment or map symbols, its relationship to the concept will be more clear.