Stearns Series

These started as a nightly habit. I was living on Stearns, it was the early days of Covid, and most evenings I painted a small watercolor portrait to pass the time. The series is named for the street.

Some are people I know. Some come from photographs, some are strangers, some are invented. I wasn't sorting them — I painted whoever turned up.

They're practice, but they were made to last: small finished works on acid-free paper.

Most are untitled and numbered. Ready is the exception — the only one with a name, and the only one in ink alone.