Pacific 2 (Seal Rocks Beach), 2023, ink on watercolor paper, 32 x 12 in. / 81.28 x 30.48 cm.

Pacific 2 (Seal Rocks Beach), Mary Frisbee Johnson, 2023, ink on watercolor paper, 32 x 12 in. / 81.28 x 30.48 cm.

I think of words that relate to movement and shape: twist, eddy, chop, dribble, drift, ooze, ebb, stream, spurt, surge, flood, attack. These words help me to invent descriptive marks with my brushes and ink.