I have a highly important (at least to me) encroaching exam. I need of course, to study every day leading up to that exam. What I want to do is to paint. So, I will do both. The delay is in whether to alternate between studying for one hour and painting for two, or to alternate between studying for two hours and painting for three. My sense is that painting is in the lead.
My hot water bottle finally sprung a leak. I used the bottle (more like a bag) while I was painting, setting it on my lap and refilling it under the hot tap when it cooled. It’s replacement is a plastic juice container with a screw on lid. It holds the water in of course and works well enough to keep me warm, but the new apparatus sits much less like a cat.
I look forward to Spring.
I’m exploring portals, tunnels and passageways.
In January, I started on a rather large painting. While that wasn’t working out at all, although not due to size, I remembered an idea I’d had for a series of smaller 12×12in works using arches as imagery. The series is a branch off of a larger piece I’d painted last year, titled “Seven Colors.” There are now six of the new series well along in the making. And not a peep from the opposition.
Against the advice of a wonderful friend, I am going to mention that I am enrolled in school full time. I see no reason to hide it. Having a day job is important to me, and my previous career was not stable enough. I like to have an obligation that demands I leave the home, studio, kitchen. Otherwise I might get stuck churning leftovers.
It has been a month since I started up painting again.
I’m not sure whether a blog is necessary these days. There are so many avenues available to getting ones work “out there.” For now I will blog about what I like and not bring myself to concern with who might read it. Today I am happy to have the day to paint and run errands by foot.