Such as life. Things get busy, and then there is no time to finish a painting. I am close to completing this painting, however since my eye surgery I have not been able to finish. I hope to start up in the next week or so when I have time. For now here is where the painting is at visually. Still need to work on the boat and her feet and legs. I am very happy with the water and the rest of the girl.
I had LASIK (Spivak Vision Center) done this past Wednesday and all I can say is amen! It is amazing. To see 20/20 for the first time in my life is overwhelming. This type of event reminds me of how blessed living today in America truly is. In 10 minutes I went from seeing the world as a blur to clear objects. No more contacts, no more glasses, wow.
Now I would have preferred Jesus’ method of curing eyesight. A little spit from the Savior and two question would have been wonderful. Probably a lot less pain and irritation. I have been using eye drops like an addict and I want to rub my eyes so bad that… well you know, I could scratch them. But you can’t. So you tough it out and learn to perfect the eye dropping technique.
So even though I want to paint I know I shouldn’t. Oil painting probably is not the best thing to be doing while recovering from eye surgery. Not that you ever want to get any oils in your eyes, but always having to hydrate the eyes I figure there is a greater chance of getting something in them.
So for now no painting until my check up next week. I will just enjoy seeing God’s creation with a new perspective.
So I became frustrated with my portrait painting of “boy with red shirt” and I decided it was time to clear my head and paint something else.
That was a good idea, and I am glad I did.
I now am almost finished with my latest painting of a girl looking over a boat railing at the water.
I love this image. The bright yellow life jacket and the red hair “squishy”. What is she thinking about? Is she anticipating the journey out to sea? Is she looking at her reflection in the water? Did she throw her dad’s keys into the water?
I hope to be finished with this painting by next week. It is a small painting and I tried to use a very limited palette.
I took my mother yesterday to the Denver Art Museum were we went to the Inspiring Impressionism show. My mother is the influence for my artistic background. She is a fine artist in her own right but sacrificed a lot of her own time to raise my sister and me which did not allow her to do more art. My belated Mother’s day gift was the art show.
I would highly recommend the show. We had a wonderful time seeing Cassatt, Cezanne, Pissarro, Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Such inspiring work and the reality of how far I am from mastering oils.