Proof Of Life

Still alive, still painting, just tied up constantly with show planning for the gallery amongst other things. I painted this quickly last night in a rare break from my new found responsibilities: It needs a few minor tweaks, but I'm happy enough with it to call it mostly done. I have a few exciting developments that I'll share in my next post. I just wanted to drop in a quick post to keep you all interested.

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Worthwhile or Worthless?

This may be the birth of a series:

I'm seriously wondering if something this loose in execution would work as a traditional painting.

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Knowing When To Stop

How do you know when to stop a painting? I "painted" this using the Brushes program this morning while I was waiting for our breakfast order to arrive. It's my daughter and, since they were faster than normal bringing our food to us, I wasn't able to finish the painting to my satisfaction. When I came back to it later, I couldn't make myself do anything further to it. There was just something about that expressionless face that I found intriguing:

Recently I've considered stopping painting altogether. I didn't push myself to complete my painting for Naughti Gras because of that. If I'm going to continue with this I want my vision to be shaped on its own, and not warped to fit within a show's theme. I'm getting tired of the cattle-call group shows also. However, there is an old saying: "When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think.". Anyway, the point of all this is that I got an invitation to participate in the "Wall Ball" event to benefit SCOSAG. I know it's a charity event, but it's reaffirming to be asked to participate in an art event based on the merits of what you've accomplished as an artist to date, not winnowed down from a group of hopefuls.

I think it's safe to say I'm over my mental hurdle.

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