One year ago, I decided to complete a series of large paintings with the hope (faint distant wish) that a boutique hotel would open in Three Rivers and the owner would want my art on the walls. This brings to mind something my dad used to say: “If you put a wish in one hand and spit in the other, which hand actually contains something?”
The hotel builder got criticized, ridiculed and chased away. I painted large anyway, and then the Thing came along and really wreaked havoc on my motivation to add to an inventory that is collecting dust.
This painting was on the easel last fall. Along came a good long run of commissions, including murals and oil paintings, and many oil paintings to be sold at the Silver City Store. Now it is still on the easel. I am stuck.
Why don’t I want to paint this?
A deadline, an interested customer, a gallery show, a boutique hotel – one of these might get me off my duff. (“Duff” is another word from my dad).
Life is full of unanswered questions.
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All you have to commit to is one small section. That’s how I get unstuck on a project I started then stopped on. Last year about this time, I was make slip covers for a couch. As usual, something else booted it out of my priorities and it sits, but by golly, after I finish all this stuff on the remodel, I’ll get back to it. Actually, I can’t wait to get it done!
Gina, you are exactly right about committing to one small section, or in my case, the first step. I think you are the Project Queen!
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