
A new watercolor wedged into my oil painting regime, tomorrow the setup will be changed back. My holy grail for a studio is a place large enough for a watermedia area and one for oils. Believe me I know I`m fortunate just to have shelter, my neighborhood isn`t doing too well. But someday this luxury may be mine. I wonder if I`ll still care. My brother Mike says 'you can`t have what you want until you don`t want it anymore'.
Sadly, for many of us, what your brother says may be true - but I'd rather be happy than right, so I go on believing that one day I'll have that studio - the one with skylights and north light; ceilings 20 feet high in the sculpture area (Did I mention the winch and overhead track?) A foundry would add a nice touch, too. There'll be a separate "clean" space with floor to ceiling windows on two sides and wall space enough for several huge canvases all at once. I visualize a small and cozy office for my computer with map drawers to store all the wonderful rag and Arches papers and sketchbooks. And I mustn't forget to mention the collage/assembly room - complete with built-in counter space all around and a wall of see-through drawers to store the detritus of such works... and a door that shuts firmly to kitties who play "throw it off the table" with whatever is left available.
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Now that I've ruined your image of how I must be working... let me say that I'm loving your work more and more. As Margaret said, that red skirting, uh, uh, mmm.. - quite visually seductive, and your color combinations are unique to you. These pieces have real punch.
Patrice is right about your color combinations, so true.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you might share what you mean about your neighborhood not doing so well right now. Are you referring to the economy and forclosures?