Live and learn

I wish I had a photo for how many times this one painting that wasn't so bad changed, and changed again, and then again. I thought I had it where I liked it and didn't want to touch it for an hour......and gave it the Leslie Neumann test. According to Leslie, a painting has to look good close up, 10 feet away and across the room. This only looked good close up, so after dinner out came the torch.

What did I learn in all of this? It is better to start fresh than try to remake one painting into another painting...Starting fresh is new, and creative. Making one out of another, is chasing after it.... it can only go someway different directions...

Live and learn

April Showers Bring May Flowers and lots of changes

On the same day, my Mom passed away to higher dimensions and I got accepted into the longest established and nicest gallery around here. http://www.fifthavenueartgallery.com/

Take a look at their site. I have yet to seriously get back to painting but I will soon. Being part of a gallery seems like a lot of fun. There is quite a lot of wonderful pieces on display in the gallery, from the members and consignments.