Here we are back at the beginning or so it seems sometimes. Last year ended with many challenges, my son moved to Missouri with his beloved Lydia so I spent the holiday season alone. My precious dog of 13 years, Lili, died on December 19th after a long and largely undiagnosed illness. And yet......through all the tears and sighs I am alive and strangely I am renewed. So I begin again, fresh and filled with ideas and inspiration that I have to give God all the credit for. I prayed for strength and purpose and He came through for me once again. So in the midst of all, I have some peace. Jesse is a phone call away, Lili is with me in my heart, and angels lift and sustain me. It's 2010 and I am well!
Boy can life get out of hand! Well I am making a commitment to myself to put myself at least closer to the top of the list! I promise to make a supreme effort to post each day, to be truthful no matter what, to be proud of who I am right now not who I want to be someday.
Ok thank goodness there isn't anyone to hold me to that....except...ME!
So for today I finished a lovely portrait of Frida and I am posting that tonight. Tomorrow I have some angel paintings I have been working on and have sold on Ebay and I will be posting them.
This has been a heck of a week! Rain, rain, rain and COLD! October has been very unkind to the garden this year. Oh well, in the meantime I did manage to start a few new paintings and finished one today that will be listed on Ebay soon. I call it "Young Frida" as it is from an old black and white photo taken when Frida was quite young. I am happy with this one finally and ready to turn it loose. I have decided to start a project featuring angels as the holiday season fast approachs and I am already getting into the spirit. I have some great ideas about painting on old wood from drawers or cupboards....now to find some old wood, lol! Wish me luck.
I will be working all day on another Frida painting and I can hardly wait to get to it. First of course is feeding the pets and taking the dog outside for a little "catch the tennis ball" and once they are all settled in it is my time with my brushes!
Here is the preliminary sketch:
I finally put down the brush and turned her loose. I am ready for the next installment and first thing in the morning I will start a new sketch of Frida and see how she appears to me this time. I am very excited about this process, is it always so engrossing?
