I woke up with the feeling that the day held miracles and that anything was possible. (The same feeling that one gets when one is on vacation and wakes up early in the morning in an unfamiliar hotel room with nothing scheduled that day but fun and exploration.) I felt creative energy coursing through my veins and it was overwhelming ... almost explosive!
I managed to get a new painting plan sketched out on a primed canvas - this upcoming painting will be a sunflower ... not my normal genre, but I am excited to try something a bit different. It will be an acrylic, which is also different for me and forces me to work quickly.
After getting the sunflower sketched out, I had to go on a long walk to calm down. I forced myself to take deep breaths, because I was fairly jittery with excess energy. I had a satisfying lunch and went off to a local art store to use up a gift certificate.
This latest painting is called "Northbound on the 400", it is oil on canvas and is 18"X18".
I find getting a painting "out" is literally like giving birth! It is a real struggle, but at the same time, effortless, if that makes any sense. And, as soon as I'm done I want to do it all over again - expose myself to the same struggle and angst!
Crazy or passionate? It's a fine line in the life of people with an artist nature!
