Its been a long 12 years with not much painting, well if any painting at all. Though I really never quit painting in my head, but never put it to canvas. I started to focus on pottery during the toxic housing crisis because artful pottery that was functional sold well and one has to eat doesn't one?
So.. a gallery in Sedona declined my work because I was splitting my art time between painting and potting. I made the decision to go with the pottery and I was told by the gallery that I could not serve two masters, they were right. It wasn't long before pottery took over my working life and painting fell to the wayside. I didn't realize how much I have missed it until I again put brush to canvas!
This is the painting that started it all.. Years ago.. Far far away.. I painted this quick 8x10 still life as it was in front of me. Meaning the right hand corner photo had all the things that should not have been put in artistically. Soooo.. When I was going through some paintings in storage.. I thought, ugh I need to fix this. Yep.. started me back on the painting road.
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