It has been quite a summer siesta with travel, gardening, solar installation, and family fun! I don’t think I have ever been away from the ‘drawingboard’ for most of the summer before but my creativity is very organic. tt has a mind of its own and requires that I live a full live so that I have new, fresh ideas to work off of. Thank goodness for that!

Now that the summer has come to an end though, my creativity called me back into the studio. The last time I was in the studio, I was finishing up a woodblock for BIG INK. So, cleaning up and reorganizing was the first thing I had to do. While doing this, I came across a number of drawings I had done in the past couple of years. One example was two related drawings from a series titled Dark Matter. Abstract and Representational are shown below. They caught my attention and ideas surrounding dark matter were soon triggered, so watch for new work in this series in the near future.

Another series I came across was To Be or Not To Be? Jungle, Forest, and Desert, are shown below. I have been meaning to complete this series but I got sidetracked with the woodblock cut project. But now I guess it is time to get back to finishing this series with the addition of Savanna, Tundra and Farm.

In addition to these drawings, my garden has given me ideas for my Vital Series. Below are Rad(radish), Let Us(lettuce), and Care(carrot). To Mate(tomatoes), Beats(beets), Kin(pumpkins) and Lick(garlic) may be transformed into additional food for thought later this year.

So back to the drawingboard I go with a happy heart after my summer siesta. My creativity is in full swing once again!

Kathleen Zimmerman