Updated Work: Traces of Fences Past Revisited #1

Traces of Fences Past Revisited #1, mixed media on 9” x 12” board, 2010-2025. 

The first of twelve paintings in the Traces of Fences Past series originally created in 2010. Updated in 2025 with sections of monoprinted textures of construction fence fabric and additional paint, and renamed Traces of Past Fences Revisited.

Traces of Past Fences #1-12 Update

This is the Traces of Past Fences #1-12 series that I created in 2010 from the large drop cloth I used (back then), which I cut up and mounted on twelve 9" x 12" cradled boards.

The series was in the deCordova Museum (in Lincoln, MA) Corporate Art Loan Program, and had a number if placements in buildings in the Boston are starting in October 2011. I brought them home on July 11, 2025.

My plan is to add a layer of monoprinted textures of construction fence fabric on all twelve of the original paintings, and add additional paint. They will then renamed Traces of Past Fences Revisited, similar to my recently updated series, Holes in the Fences Revisited.

Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025

Here is the month of June in my Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.

The black icons represent up to 9999 steps walked each day, red represents 10,000-19,999 steps and yellow represents 20,000-29,999 steps.

I was able to walk 10,000 steps or more on eleven days in June. The weather was sometimes good for walking, and sometimes bad because it was very hot. I wasn’t able to walk as much as I would have liked. On June 24th it hit 102 degrees in the Boston area and part of that week was in the mid-upper 90s. Not Jeanne weather! 

The Iridescent Bright Gold background paint used to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gives me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work, with the exception of sick days (of course).

The second picture shows January through June with plenty of room for the rest of the year.

New Work: Holes in the Fences #5 Revisited

This is Holes in the Fences #5 Revisited, the fifth of the six Holes in the Fences paintings I created in 2010 and updated in 2025. I collaged a layer of monoprinted texture of construction fence fabric, with the large holes removed, over the original painting, and added additional paint is on the new layer. Each painting has one color from the rainbow in the background. In total, I updated purple, red, orange, yellow, and green paintings. The blue painting was sold to a collector many years ago.

More Updated Work: Holes in the Fences #5 Painting Revisited

 

Waiting for the paint to dry so I can photograph Holes in the Fences #5, made in 2010 and finally updated 15 years later. Thanks to air-conditioning it’ll be dry in less than an hour. 

More Updated Work: Holes in the Fences #5 Painting Revisited

 

It’s hot outside, which gives me a reason to work inside over the weekend. This morning I glued cut construction fence fabric onto Holes in the Fences #5, which I made in 2010 as a part of a series, which I have been updating 15 years later. This is the last one.

Thanks to air-conditioning drying the glue much quicker than usual, I was able to paint teal around the edges of the holes this afternoon. Tomorrow I plan on doing more painting because it's going to be much hotter, which is a good reason to do artwork inside.

Updated Work: Another Holes in the Fences Painting Revisited

In reverse order, see cut rows of large square-ish “holes” from the monoprinted construction fence fabric so the way too bright orange Holes in the Fences #5 painting I made in 2010 can be seen through them. This is the last of five paintings I’m repurposing in this series. Next, I’ll glue the fabric to the painting.