If you could see my loft studio right now, you'd wonder what blew through here! Every available flat surface has stuff strung all over it! Canvases drying, canvases partly finished, those finished and awaiting being safely packed away until the art fair or shipping, and mixed-media painting supplies everywhere. I know what I'll be doing in the next little while.
It's funny, my husband and I joke about his problem with flat surfaces, if it's flat he will set something down on it then wonder where he left it :-) Here I am with every flat surface obscured by art related stuff. Not enough hours, and in my case not enough health to keep it cleared, until today I just can't create in the chaos anymore. That's another interesting thing about we humans. Some of us need things very clean in order to feel right in our own skin, not me by the way. Others require a little more lived in and then there are those that can thrive when everything is out and in sight around them. Quirks, you got to love them, it's what makes life interesting.
Read this at random in a book I'm thinking of reading, (
bought it second hand)
"...a deep, inner yearning to express themselves, plus persistence! Without persistence, they could never have overcome their inhibitions, their doubts and fears, long enough to permit their true inner selves to function...a matter of patient, quiet, firm, dogged work. Please believe me when I say that your success depends not so much upon technical training, as upon your personal growth, your adaption to the learning process and your ability to let yourself go!" The Creative Way To Paint by David Friend
Having trouble getting a photo that shows the colours accurately but this gives you an idea. 6 more little pieces to add to my mountain theme, plus a larger mixed-media piece and more being prepped but not shown.
Hope you are having a great weekend!
