Process: "Old Wound" Tiny Acrylic 2 (Patreon)

This piece was the longest piece I worked on in this series. There were 3 false starts. The string thing, the decalcomania, then the portrait I started over it. Sometimes it just comes down to "make it more simple...stupid."

I like that I can see my reflection in the varnish.

I got the title from the episode of Mad Men where Don Draper is pitching the idea for a slide show projector to Kodiak, the Carousel. He says 

"Nostalgia – its delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means 'the pain from an old wound. ' It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone."

The Painting

• Old Wound 
• ink and Gouache on watercolor paper
• 3x3 inches (5x5 inches in frame)