Pink and blue cottage chic floral painting No 139

acrylic on canvas, floral, 20×16, price $300
Available directly through me here 
Small to large prints available here

Yesterday I wrote about my New Year’s resolution, about how I’m making changes to the way I paint. This year, I’m going to concentrate on quality over quantity, and slow my pace down a bit. I’m only going to offer paintings for sale that I actually like. No more listing crappy paintings just for the sake of listing something. Because of all that, there is one more change coming this year, and that’s my color palette. Remember when I said if it was up to me I’d only paint pink paintings, well..I’ve been putting a lot of thought into that statement, and it really is alllll up to me, isn’t it? (like, duh..it is my business I’m talking about! ;)) KISS.

I admit it. I’m a full blown people pleaser. I will do whatever I can to make someone happy. Unfortunately, it’s been hurting my business. I’ve been using every color in the rainbow in my paintings to try and please everyone on the planet, when I’d really rather use more pink. Bottom line is, by trying to please everyone, I’m not pleasing myself, and because of that, my focus isn’t where it should be..on what works best for me, and my business. KISS.

So, I’m starting the new year using a very limited color palette, as you see in the photo above. This is one of the paintings I revised over the weekend. I used only pinks, a new blue that I just mixed up (I mix most colors myself), and whites. Ahhh, this feels sooo much better..colors I can actually live with, and hang on my own wall. Because at the end of the day, if paintings don’t sell, I’ve got to hang them somewhere until they do, right? Might as well paint with colors I like. KISS.

By writing these blog posts the past couple days, I think I found my word for the year because no matter what I’m doing, whether it will be sitting in court serving jury duty for the first half of the year or painting my little heart out, KISS comes in handy for an over-thinker like me.

In case you don’t know, KISS stands for keep it simple, stupid. I need the reminder every now and then. 😉 

PS: I realize not everyone likes pink. If you want me to create a painting in your favorite color, please contact me about doing a custom painting just for you.