Gouache b&w portrait painting
with a cartoony, primitive housewifey vibe

Women artists… they made their art on the back porch, they made it on top of the washing machine, they made it next to the kitchen sink, and they made it anywhere they could, for the hour and a half while their kid was taking a nap, and for the two hours while they were at the play group. They made it in between…. There was no time… for the ritual of getting into your work! You just snapped into that taking 10 minutes and making 3 lines on your drawing or whatever was possible.

Eleanor Coppola

I don’t have little kids, but this is my mindset about creating art, also. If I’ve only got 10 or 15 minutes, I grab my art journal. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy..just get something down on the page.   

It quiets down the chatter inside my head that keeps nagging me to paint. There! 5 minutes, and done..now I can focus on other things without my brain giving me a hard time.

Sometimes, I do actually stand at my kitchen sink, and use the water from the tap to clean my brush quickly. I often leave my art journal or painting on the stovetop to dry, and 2 days later, my husband’s like..um, what do you want me to do with this? I need the stove. Eh, whatever..he’s used to it. 

This painting isn’t for sale, but there are others available in my shop. 

I hope you have a fabulous 4th of July holiday, if you celebrate. I’m most likely going to be hanging out with my furbabies when the fireworks happen later tonight..tomorrow night? Idk? None of us are really into loud explosive noises, so we’ll just be quietly keeping each other company until it’s over. I bought a new Miranda July book to read, which will help drown out the noise. xo

Thanks for stopping by.

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