Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I’m actually not sure what to call this painting yet — and I’d better figure that out soon because it’s nearly complete… This is the primary undercoat, done in acrylic on the wood panel, with lining done in a black “ink” made of a hard polymer and acrylic black. The next step is a series of glazes (which will also induce cracking) and some changes to various colours… I think you’ll be surprised with how much it will still transform, which is why I’ve posted this stage.

On the note of painkillers (which is why my mind has been on them in many of my recent paintings), I found out today that my family doctor (who I don’t think much of and plan on changing) has been actively working against some of the treatment I’m under from specialists by being unwilling to provide day-to-day support… They think I should go to rehab and/or go back to smoking pot for pain instead of being on low-level opiates, which to me is BS because my primary concern with pain killers is that they have minimal psychoactive effects — I do not want to be high, and I really like having been drug-free for the past two years. My only goal in this is to have a clear and alert experience of life, and pain works against that. The few times I’ve been prescribed a painkiller that even makes me drowsy, I refuse to take it, so I was deeply offended when she accused me behind my back of being a junkie.

[Edit: Entry updated to reflect a before-and-after glaze picture]