So I am working at four paintings at the same time right now. One is almost finished, the big one, the one I couldn’t look at for a while, the one I was so tired of for a while. On Monday during a phone conversation with a friend, I suddenly saw it again with fresh eyes and the beauty of it and I loved it again and it was good to finish it and to do the little patch ups and give it the last drive – a little bit like you would give the last spices to a dish you are cooking…. a little bit here and there. Cooking is very much like painting, I already noticed it way over 1 1/2 years ago when I started painting again. The “flow” experience is the same and the creation is a unique piece of art. Try to cook the same dish a second time – it is impossible.
Well yeah, so I almost finished the big one ( see a little detail here ). The only thing I still have to do is signing it and I waited with it, not sure why. I have time – I am not in a rush anymore. I am back in the first gear, sitting on a sailboat on a wide calm sea just sailing along.
The reason for me changing gears is that I got to a limit – a train barrier. I had to put a vision on ice, one that I was about to take on. Instead I play the waiting game.The flip side of it is, I have a lot of time to ” kleine Brötchen backen ( bake small rolls )” a German saying that means something like ” to eat humble pie”.
Somehow I don’t really get further than talking about the big painting ( did you noticed 
? ) although it actually wasn’t the only one I almost finished. I forgot the little blue one that went so well within just two weeks. I want to do more of those small ones and I already started the other one that is a little bit bigger in size but will get the same colors. And the freeway painting is back on track too. It is a fun paint and I still don’t know where it is going – but well.
Have a great weekend!!!
In Progress – foursome – rambling about sailboats, train barriers and other challenges
So I am working at four paintings at the same time right now. One is almost finished, the big one, the one I couldn’t look at for a while, the one I was so tired of for a while. On Monday during a phone conversation with a friend, I suddenly saw it again with fresh eyes and the beauty of it and I loved it again and it was good to finish it and to do the little patch ups and give it the last drive – a little bit like you would give the last spices to a dish you are cooking…. a little bit here and there. Cooking is very much like painting, I already noticed it way over 1 1/2 years ago when I started painting again. The “flow” experience is the same and the creation is a unique piece of art. Try to cook the same dish a second time – it is impossible.
Well yeah, so I almost finished the big one ( see a little detail here ). The only thing I still have to do is signing it and I waited with it, not sure why. I have time – I am not in a rush anymore. I am back in the first gear, sitting on a sailboat on a wide calm sea just sailing along.
The reason for me changing gears is that I got to a limit – a train barrier. I had to put a vision on ice, one that I was about to take on. Instead I play the waiting game.The flip side of it is, I have a lot of time to ” kleine Brötchen backen ( bake small rolls )” a German saying that means something like ” to eat humble pie”.
Somehow I don’t really get further than talking about the big painting ( did you noticed
? ) although it actually wasn’t the only one I almost finished. I forgot the little blue one that went so well within just two weeks. I want to do more of those small ones and I already started the other one that is a little bit bigger in size but will get the same colors. And the freeway painting is back on track too. It is a fun paint and I still don’t know where it is going – but well.
Have a great weekend!!!