New Focus

Tonight I was at the Beautification Committee meeting and found myself wondering how I have missed painting for myself.  So I have this list that has 3 murals on it, and some other miscellaneous commitments, but it was clear to me I need to finish these and paint, paint, paint, until my heart is empty of what I long to paint.

Next week I will start back on Gwen and Tim's mural and that should be done in about 3 weeks.  I will post pics of what I accomplish next week.  I will finish Jeannie and Danny's mural of an angel, and finish two barn quilts that are outstanding at this time.  After that I will renegotiate some smaller painting, that are not coming through right now.

In my artistic history the painting either comes or not, and those that don't I have pushed thought and never been happy with them.  Now I know better I have to love it, to paint it, and when I paint it I always ask God to be there with me.  I long for that kind of painting, where I lose track of time and when I do wake up the results are amazing, and that is really what makes me happy.  So I am recommitting to a new focus. 

For those who read this blog, thank you.  For me, it helps to put down what I feel.  Tonight I felt like I had lost my edge, but after coming home, drinking a glass of wine, and looking around at the painting I have hanging in my own home I realize I do have something and that something longs to be put on canvas.  I dearly love art, and now I want to experience the joy of creation again.

So I hope you see something you love in a painting either by someone you know as an artist or as a painting you must have to make your life complete.  This is the desire of any artist, to have someone love the painting so much they just have to have it to complete their life.

Thanks for listening, in the next few months I will finish my projects and commitments, then I will be free to do what is inside me, and enjoy the joy of creation,

k