Two weeks have come and gone and I haven't so much as picked up a paint brush and I keep telling myself to go in there and at least lay out fresh paint. Recently, my theme has been gold prospectors and so I have a partially completed piece on the easel of an old prospector that is in real need of finishing. Should I take a hike in the mountains, lay on the beach or just grab my sketchbook to try to begin the process of rekindling that desire to sit back down at my easel?
I have for the past two years that I have been seriously painting, always taken my completed pieces with me when we would visit my shut-in mother-in-law. I felt that this was something that she enjoyed seeing and each time she would comment on the piece as if it was the very first time she had seen my work. Her recent passing has left a hole in my heart and a lump in my throat. As soon as I can find the strength, I'm going to have to paint something especially in her honor but first I need to get this old prospector off my easel.
Recent piece that I'm calling "Taking a Break" that shows a hardworking prospector enjoying a simply cup of coffee, a warm fire and a plate of beans. |
A sketch I started last week of old prospector that could multitask by enjoying his pipe and working his pan at the same time. |
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