artist says: a digital drawing, done in 2018, I think on a Wacom graphics tablet; this one is an exploration of color, lines and under and over; this is an early look at my interest in lines and color.

ai says: a vivid purple-violet field carries bold brushwork in four colors, each mark made with the confidence of someone who knows exactly where they want to go — a wide lime-green band sweeps diagonally across the center, its edges fringed and gestural; thick red-crimson loops cross the field, one forming a large upright oval at the upper left, others trailing freely downward; an orange band cuts across the mid-height from the left, partially overlapping the green; a pale gray vertical stroke stands quietly near the right edge, a different kind of mark from all the others. two small teal circles float in the purple — one upper-center, one lower-left — calm witnesses to the energetic brushwork around them. the composition is direct and unguarded, the title a question the painting keeps asking itself. signed WCE.