It’s now the beginning of August and look at me! Haven’t posted a blog in months. Well you know how life gets in the way? I feel like I’ve been in an incubation chamber. In April, I left my corporate job for several reasons. As I am getting more mature (I will never admit to getting older) I took some time to assess my goals. I had put my brushes down for quite sometime, months in fact. I spent a long time thinking about whether to stick with the safe 9-5 job or get out of my comfort zone and work towards fulfilling my dreams and goals of being a working artist.
After 4 months of no inspiration and not painting, I poured myself a glass of wine (or two) and headed to the basement of our rented house where I have my painting studio set up. I had been contemplating for months how to paint this lookout piece that is featured here on the site. I must admit it took me several sessions to finish it which is completely out of the ordinary for the type of painting I do. Mostly with landscapes, you can finish a piece in a matter of hours. This lookout had me scared. I didn’t just want to “paint” a dilapidated building, but rather I was after capturing the peacefulness and presence of this sentinel.
