"Wyoming Winter"18 X 19, watercolor on 140# Arches Rough
This painting, "Wyoming Winter," is the 500th painting I have done since I started painting about six years ago!
No fanfare. No confetti. No cheering crowd. No parade.
Just quiet contentment. And the satisfaction of seeing that this painting is much better than the ones I was doing when I first started.
In a culture that promotes instant success, overnight wonders, and fast food, it's no surprise that we hurry with everything and are impatient when things take longer than our short attention spans can manage.
I am not an overnight wonder. No idiot savant (no comments from the peanut gallery, please!). No "born artist."
But I am a hard worker. And it's great to celebrate painting #500 today. Life is good.
No fanfare. No confetti. No cheering crowd. No parade.
Just quiet contentment. And the satisfaction of seeing that this painting is much better than the ones I was doing when I first started.
In a culture that promotes instant success, overnight wonders, and fast food, it's no surprise that we hurry with everything and are impatient when things take longer than our short attention spans can manage.
I am not an overnight wonder. No idiot savant (no comments from the peanut gallery, please!). No "born artist."
But I am a hard worker. And it's great to celebrate painting #500 today. Life is good.
