Bring on the Sea

I am so excited that it is finally starting to warm up outside.  I am blogging this from my front porch while I watch to my two youngest children play.  The fresh air is theraputic and there's something about the sunshine which makes you feel so content.  

I wanted to share another piece that I have completed titled "The Shore." This was a difficult piece for me to complete.  It was not the technicality of it, but the distractions and life pressures that were pulling at me while I was painting.  

Everyone goes through their ups and downs in life, but lately mine feels like an extreme roller coaster.  I would like to say that my painting helps me to quiet all that noise from uncertainties and struggles, but not all the time.  It is crazy to look back at my art and see what I was able to accomplish throughout all the distractions.  I love my children, but being able to paint while they are awake is a challenge.  Someone is always hungry, thristy, has a "boo-boo" or just plain too loud!.  

Right now, painting is a labor, not a love.  I have realized this doesn't mean I am to stop, because I wouldn't stop with my marriage when things aren't so "lovey dovey," but I need to get back to why I paint.  I can't even answer that question right now.  I have such a long way to go within myself as an artist and my identity within the creative world.  

What I do know is with each painting and every brush stroke, I do learn something.  Whether that is; "Don't ever paint, before dinnertime!" Or, "That new technique I just used is definitely not for me." I find something to add to my foundation and develop myself as an artist.  

I hope you enjoy "The Shore"