shift

This is one of those paintings that came out of nowhere. No mirror. No picture. Just my own internal reflection on my Self. My style shifted a bit here, in the face, and I feel REALLY good about it. It's minimal and effective. I have no idea if this style will follow me into other paintings. We shall see.

at roll's end

Came to the end of my roll of canvas this morning. To be honest, it made me a little sad. It's been a great roll. It stretched for eighteen paintings.

I'm on a bit of a painting frenzy it seems. I still haven't adjusted the painting I spoke of in the previous post, which currently looks like this...

I seem to have aged us 20 years.

I have two processes, there is the one that takes me a while to find the final brush stroke, like the one above. Then there are the ones that I whip out in about two hours. Those are the therapeutic ones. Here is one I did this week....

This particular one is the final of three self portraits I did over a span of  6 months. Put together a little story unfolds for me. I can see that I was on a journey I didn't realize. A triptych if you will....

frustrated

pensive

diving/jumping into

no abandon

It's been months, I know. A friend recently asked if I was done with my blog, I replied no and intended to post, that was at least a month ago. I have not given up on this blog. I suppose the purpose it serves has not been required.

Truth be told, I have not been painting at the steady rate I had been, which to my surprise I am very comfortable with. As does inspiration, creativity comes in many forms. Not all are tangible and fit in a neat little blog post.  

Above is the painting I am currently working on. Yes, it is covered. That's how it's been resting for about a week. I haven't been able to look at it because I'm not sure exactly what is needed to fix it. All I know is it doesn't sit well in my stomach. I'll take a picture of it as is so you can see the obstacle and result in my next post, which will be sooner that later.

So, in short, this is still an active blog. I am working on a painting. Creativity comes in various packages.