Clarissa Rizal with artist friend Cecil Touchon at NuArt Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico
I include Cecil Touchon in my blog posts on occasion because this is the guy that influenced me to get into painting and collage-making back in the late 90s. Here we stand before a two-piece painting he recently completed for his show opening May 24th in Santa Fe at the NuArt Gallery. The colors in this set jumped out at me bopping me on the head to paint my own rendition! Of course, it will not be anything like Cecil’s but, like most of the things that I “copy”, I do my own interpretation.
At the beginning of this year, I told myself this is the year for anything to do with Chilkat weaving; which by the way, is truly happening – let’s be careful what we ask for – however, I think next year it will be the year of painting, and I want to include my interpretation of Cecil’s painting above. Thank you for being a great inspiration and friend, Cecil Touchon!