So, Gary, you want to know what it is...it is me exploring color through silkpainting. I drew the grid on a long peice of silk with resist which stops the flow. I had no particular idea in mind as to the painting itself. I filled each square with water and touched a corner with the dye which would bleed across the square. The result was fun and created a nice effect. The first row, which was one square wide, started in a corner and I used a strong red. I added one drop of yellow to the dye and painted the next row and continued adding one drop of yellow for each new row. The 'scales' of the pattern turned gradually orange then yellow. At the point that I acheived a nice yellow, having pretty much lost the red, I put in one drop of blue at a time until the rows gradually turned green. And suddenly I was out of silk. I love this peice. I was asked to include some silkpaint in a show this summer so the silk was arranged with another rather bright piece in a shadowbox frame and that is where it resides to this day. I haven't done a silk paint in a while, but I am showing it next year so I will be getting jiggy-with-it. I plan a series of Eastern Bluebirds with Botanicals. Are you sorry you asked?