Windblown paint

Kara Greenwell tangles with the elements at the Cuttyhunk Island Residency

This is the view from the Avalon Inn on Cuttyhunk, the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands off Southeastern Massachusetts, where I’ve been invited to spend a couple of days at the Cuttyhunk Island Residency. I got here yesterday, but this past week, San Diego artist Kara Greenwell has been painting her version of this scene right on the lawn.

She was out here when I got here, wearing overalls and a hot pink Cuttyhunk T-shirt, dancing as she worked. Kara paints abstractions, not landscapes. She has never worked outside before.