Working!

I have been working a lot in my studio these past few weeks...I haven't been very good at photographing what I'm doing, but maybe this weekend I'll actually clean the space, so I can take some photos of the work without tripping over easels!

At times it has been really fun...and at times, really frustrating...I'm working on 4 paintings and they are completely different from each other...in subject matter, (1 figure, 1 landscape, 1 still life, 1 just plain weird) and in techniques. I mean, on the one hand I feel really great that I am not limiting myself and just exploring and having fun...but on the other hand, I want to focus on one thing and just excel at it...own it...Sometimes I just feel I have so much inside that it just spills out...like when you tip a glass over and the gin-n-tonic just goes in every fucking direction.

I need a mentor...you know, like when I took piano lessons...and she would just say, "Amalia, do THIS...stop playing Stairway to Heaven and just practice The Juggler."

Of course, the amazing thing is that I manage some time in my studio every day...and after years of not working in my studio, I'd say I'm off to a good start...

OK...off to drink that GnT before I spill it.