August 3, 2015

July 5, 2015

“It never gets easier…. I try to remember that the job — as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy — of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it. To be birthed by it. Each time we come to the end of a piece of work, we have failed as we have leapt — spectacularly, brazenly — into the unknown.” – Dani Shapiro

Another quote courtesy of Brain Pickings.

June 14, 2015
Just a short little painting session with a little work done on the bowl.

June 7, 2015

A little more progress this week.

May 31, 2015

Another painting session and a little progress on this painting.

I came across the quote above on Brain Pickings. I can easily spend hours on this website following trails of bread crumbs from one article to another, constantly discovering new and wonderful books to read, podcasts to listen to and ideas to explore…

May 24, 2015

“Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder.”
– Raymond Chandler

I read this week’s quote and instantly felt like I could relate. Not that I think that I have mastered technique – but I realized that I’ve been focusing too much on embroidering potholders instead of finding subject matter that is calling out to me. So I’ve started a new painting that has elements that I enjoy – drapery and minimal colour – but is still somewhat daunting. I suspect this one will take awhile, and that’s ok. I hope to enjoy the process.

November 16, 2014

I really don’t feel this is done yet, but I really need to go on to something new and put these muddy lemons aside for awhile…

November 9, 2014

Quote courtesy of Alex Cornell in Break Through – as quoted by Dan Cassaro

Still not finished with this one, but still working on it. I paint late at night at least once a week when I can arrange my schedule with an opportunity to sleep in the next morning. I love being in my own little corner of the universe, painting away content on focusing on my own thing and knowing that my family is all asleep upstairs. I usually begin about 10pm and try to wrap up by about 2am knowing that it will be another hour before I’m in bed after the clean up of my brushes and just settling in and maybe reading a book for a few minutes. Last night I started about quarter to 10 – a little early. I recall looking at the clock at 2 and thinking I should finish up and then I looked up again and it was almost 4am. I’m not sure where that time went, but it was already gone. So it was a very late night and a short day today as a result. But Tuesday is a holiday and I have fun things planned for tomorrow night. It’s all good.