Yesterday I realized...

I had successfully managed to paint myself into a corner. Literally. You know those people who always say their business or career started out in a small apartment? I now know the feeling. As I stood in the corner of my room trying to figure out how to squeeze by my painting, completely covered in inch thick oil paint, without smearing it (or getting it on my all white bedding which I would have reconsidered had I known my unemployment period would last so long and I would be painting out of my apartment), I began to understand the business of hoarding: being content and happy completely surrounded by ALL of your favorite things. Yes, my work may be hindered because I am not able to sling paint all over the canvas, which I thoroughly enjoy, but, to not paint at all would be doing myself an injustice. Although, I do find it hard to motivate myself to start a painting, at times, once I actually get the canvas primed I cannot stop. I am so eager to see the end result that I could paint for days. Which is what I did.

This is the same painting I showed you in my last post, just completely different. Which now resides in the middle of my floor for the next decade until it dries and I figure out if I am content with it.

My next painting, which I hope to start this evening, is another commissioned piece. It will be a large, semi-nude oil painting for a master bedroom. I was inspired to get started on this one after reading about an artist, Jenna Snyder Phillips in Lonny Mag. I want her life. Her work includes: nudes, abstracts and animal portraits. My work includes: nudes, abstracts and animal portraits. And it also reminded me that I do love dark colors and not just pink.

See more of Jenna Snyder Phillips work here.