Eventually I hope to use this blog as a way to encourage myself to get busy painting...for ME.
In fact..I'm going to say it right now. I'm going to paint myself some sea turtles. I've been promising myself that since I moved into this cottage. I've NEVER done a painting for myself before. Not only would I love the painting I have in my head hanging on my bedroom wall...but it'd be nice to do a painting for ME. My art has always been a gift for someone else. I have a great portfolio of paintings all over the country. I honestly don't even remember half of them.
Even as I type this I'm getting excited to awaken the artist. There's kind of a love vs. fear with my art I guess. I love doing it - I love the process and the product. Actually my product is more the reaction of the person receiving the art (again - it's never for me.) The fear comes in when I'm always being hypercritical of my own work...it's never good enough. I stress myself out trying to "finish it". My work is never really complete - there's always something to fix...which means there's always something wrong with it...and that can be maddening.
Clearly there are lots of life-lessons to be associated with painting. So I guess I should get busy.
Clearly there are lots of life-lessons to be associated with painting. So I guess I should get busy.
Hey you artist you! You are an inspiration! I love that you're blogging and painting and sharing and pretty much just love you! :o) xoxo We should paint together some saturdays... ummm yeah, maybe not a great idea. You would drive me crazy and I you as we both are our own worst critics... well, it was a good thought! Keep it up and keep inspiring others Stella Vaughn!!!
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