No Trouble
No Trouble is a series of drawings executed by Denise Driscoll while waiting: for doctors, nurses, treatment, diagnoses, recommendations, and healing. From her first treatment, the artist has packed her bag for a day of chemotherapy with painted papers and a bag full of pens. Waiting time became an opportunity to draw. The drawings emerged with no restrictions, but grew from layered marks, meandering thoughts, and the joy of working in color and pattern. They often crossed multiple chemo cycles and were worked on in the studio as well. Each drawing transformed time that might feel frustrating, tedious, and gray into something visible, hopeful, and bright. Driscoll claims that she has always been No Trouble when drawing and painting occupy her hands, and that while working—she too—is untroubled.

No Trouble 1, mixed media on paper, 12 x 9 inches

No Trouble 2, mixed media on paper, 12 x 9 inches

No Trouble 3, mixed media on paper, 12 x 9 inches

No Trouble 4, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 5, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 6, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 7, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 8, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 9, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 10, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 11, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 12, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 13, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 14, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 15, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 16, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 17, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 18, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 19, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 20, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches

No Trouble 21, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 inches