A friend said to me recently, “I don’t worry about you as long as you have an unfinished painting … you’ll live to finish it no matter what!” And she’s right. I love the feeling of waking up at 4:52 and heading straight into the studio… well … stop for coffee and pets … take the pallet out of the freezer (it takes about 30 minutes for paints to warm enough to use) … some morning sounds (anything other than outrage these days) … and then to work. Today I’m listening to a Victorian romance novel. Middlemarch. Not deeply connected to the story, but absolutely adore such an elegant stroll through the English language.
Here’s the current Studio side of StudioKitchen … we still have more to do … floor finishes (as yet undetermined), ceiling paint, glazes on the walls, a few more trim boards … but commission work is stacking up: four pet sketches and a couple of pending pieces (unusually, a still life and a landscape), a followup to the Peacemaker Narrative (composition in development with subject and fellow artist, Bucko Brandt) … and, of course, Birth of Venus (not a commission, expect I’ll hold on to this one for a little while) … so here we go.
