Middle School Cliques colorado Mixed media (watercolor

Mixed media (watercolor

But when it came back the last time

my paintings resembled a disorganized jumble of elements

The frothy foam of the waves on its shell strewed beaches—the weathered gray shingles against the crisp white trim of the Nantucket cottages

Middle School Cliques colorado Mixed media (watercolorMixed media (acrylic, paper, and ink). 16" x 32" on cradled birch panel. For junior high, I switched schools and found the whole experience rather jarring. Gone was the small classroom with friends I'd had since kindergarten. My new school seemed huge, with changing classrooms and teachers every hour, and strangers all around. Middle School Cliques is my impression of school those first weeks, with the world around me so gray and frightening. Even the