I didnt post during December 1) Classes and Workshops suspended for the Holidays 2) Busy painting Christmas Commissions 3) Painting new works for a show hanging Monday at the Art Circle Public Library in Crossville, TN The floor of my studio is covered with paintings as I collect my thoughts on how to hang the upcoming art show. I decided to take some photos and make some remarks about 2014. Yeah, I know, it starts out with poor, pitiful me but hang in there. Twelve months ago I was hardly able to get around. I could barely walk with a walker, let alone wrestle my big canvases. (broken hip/surgery/recovery-long story). Eleven months ago I start teaching classes and workshops. There was nothing wrong with my mouth and I figured with over 40 years of art experience and a formal art degree I was bound to have something to share. Nine months ago I sat in the middle of the floor of my studio angry and crying because I couldnt stretch or maneuver my large canvases for a show in Nashville. Yeah, Im a bit impatient and stubborn...read on. Seven months ago I move into a warehouse to make it my new studio apartment and home. It takes forever to settle in. I am gripped with debilitating fear and anxiety as I hobble in with one small box at a time. Five months ago I face August with not one--Not ONE-- class or workshop making. Turns out August sucks for art classes. Live and learn...!! Four months ago I join a local co-op gallery and start painting again, albeit on a small scale. Classes continue. Small paintings sell. New home, new town, new friends, new routine. Two months ago I start painting for a January show at the local library, a beautiful setting with large walls. This is the deadline I need to force myself to paint again~~this time on large scale pieces. One month ago I decide to go back to the Internet to market my paintings. I bring out my old paintings since I havent done any new large pieces due to my accident. List, sell and now Im shipping paintings to Ontario, Colorado, S. Carolina, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas... Hallelujah ...!! Two days ago Im stretching paintings for the Library Show. Ok, its hard...my leg is killing me...it hurts, Im sore and at times I still walk like Walter Brennan, but hey, at least Im walking and more importantly for me, painting large scale paintings .....and my heart soars...!! Did I do all this alone?? What a joke..!! I have been Blessed with extraordinary people in my life. Sometimes I become overwhelmed with emotion when I think how incredibly fortunate I am to have been shown such love and encouragement and help from so many unexpected sources. These are not people who give lip service, but actually give with time, energy, money, gifts, hope and love. So, as we start a New Year, I lift up my small testimony in praise for these wonderful folks. May God Bless you ALL in the year to come. May you know peace and love and the true understanding of what are the important things in life. May you all be reminded that worry changes absolutely nothing.... that we should live this day and every day, one day at a time. And when things seem so bleak and hopeless, turn your thoughts to listing the Blessings and give your fears and anxieties over to God. I speak from experience here.... Have a truly Prosperous and Happy New Year.....!!
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:16:18 +0000
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