Just Showing Up

When the weather is as beautiful as it was today, I wanted to be anywhere but in the studio. Then I reminded myself what Woody Allen once said, “80% of success is just showing up.” With that in mind, I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed towards the studio.

Once I got started, I couldn’t stop. I put in at least 6 hours of work today, and loved every minute of it. Later on, I did manage to get out in the fresh air and enjoy some sunshine on my lunch break. Afterwards, I worked on the painting below.

Hope Springs Eternal – Acrylic, Mixed Media on canvas – 11 X 14 inches

winged Heart

Over the weekend I did a few more sketches, using the heart theme from my previous post. There was one sketch I kept coming back to, where I had drawn wings inside and around the heart.

After scanning the drawing into photoshop and then moving it into Painter IX, I began the painting by adding color and more detail to each area.

I have no idea where I am going with the blue area on the left hand side of the painting, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out tomorrow.

Winged Heart – Combined Media – 9 X 9 inches

Work In Progress

I spent this morning working on this painting and had to stop because my allergies were making my eyes water. This time of the year always finds me suffering from seasonal allergies. “C’est la vie!

Yesterday was very stressful because we had a family member go back into the hospital because of complications from a surgery performed last week. I am happy to report he is doing well and will be going home tomorrow. We are all breathing a big sigh of relief, this was a very rough two days!

Playing With Fire -Combined Mixed Media