Inspiration
Gradually certain pictures will begin to echo in your mind. They will haunt your existence like bad
colesterol counts and you will know you must do something about them.
Then, your artistic slump will vanish, just in time for your real torment to begin.
Now it becomes what, how, which combination, what is the essence of the feeling and how do I paint
(describe) it, how do I start? I had a folder here with great color schemes somewhere ... now which one was
that....? How can I encapsulate the feeling, yet be subtle and convincing? What forms/ lines/textures/
patterns/color/ can I apply?
But, just think; when it is all over - and if it all works out brilliantly, you can wildly celebrate, wake up
hungover and start all over again.Now where did I put that red folder with the picture of Englishman on safari in the pith helmet, the Las
Vegas showgirl and that picture of the Florida swamp ... and the tree monkey ... actually this is the picture I
am painting at the moment.I reversed the explorer ...My show girl needed a new face another
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