The life of an artist
Nearing the end of a long winter, I feel like each day is the same as the one before, only the paintings are different. I’m a pretty driven person, and Heather will tell you that I put in the hours in the studio - perhaps too many. That said, I know when I have reached the point where turning off the lights early is the best thing for me. The lights are off early tonight. I have created over 70 new paintings since the start of 2021. That is a creative pace far beyond anything I’ve done previously. The lockdown and lack of outside commitments have left a lot of time for painting. My unique challenge after maintaining such a furious pace is that I have had a hard time keeping canvases in stock. Certain sizes are hard to come by and I find myself having to wait on projects as I wait for canvases to arrive. As I look back on the first two months of the year, I am grateful for wonderfully supportive clients and fans. They are literally peppered across the country and it has been s
