Abstract painting, Mark Nepo quote, Work Desk, and Oil painting

Wish Upon the Pink Stars
SOLD!!
Prints available here
Frame does not come with print purchase.

One of my work tables

another work table
I’m still gessoing pages of old books.
It’s such a tedious job.
I can’t wait until I’m done, and creating in these books.

Linking to What’s On Your Work Desk

abstract painting in my art journal

We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved, and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed and beneath every sadness is the fear that there will not be enough time.

When we hesitate in being direct, we unknowingly slip something on, some added layer of protection that keeps us from feeling the world, and often that thin covering is the beginning of a loneliness which, if not put down, diminishes our chances of joy.

It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something, and then, forgetting we chose to put them on, we complain that nothing feels quite real. Our challenge each day is not to get dressed to face the world but to unglove ourselves so that the doorknob feels cold and the car handle feels wet and the kiss goodbye feels like the lips of another being, soft and unrepeatable.

Mark Nepo

 

paint cups in black and white

Watching: Ben Lustenhouwer’s youtube videos about oil painting