Spring has always been about new beginnings; the smell of magnolias and lilacs, migrating birds, optimism, love, hope, youth and of course, baseball. This spring however as the lilacs and magnolias gloriously bloomed and the beautiful birds migrated North, we seem to desperately cling to love and hope and optimism, fearful of the unknown while socially distanced and isolated. And there is no baseball.
Jim Watt has taken his own optimism and created a visual record of our time replete with love, hope and possibilities. This spring, throughout the quarantine, as a kind of ritualistic exercise he is creating 100 dreamy meditative watercolors as his contribution to our new collective psyche. Let these be a small but rich addition to the slow, steady return of our lives. The last painting will be completed on June 19th, the last official day of spring.
