So what is really going on in this head of mine?? OMG, it is totally discombobbled! There has been so much stress in my life during the last 8 months, I don’t know what normal is anymore. Oh, but life if full of stress one way or another–so I’m really not compaining. So never mind about all of that. I have a nice life.
Truely, painting whimsical subject matter is the most fun. It blocks out stress, and actually everything else, because I get so focused on my work. I know that all of you also have that “thing” that takes you away in your mind.
I used to paint traditional still life, and while I love anytime that I can spread paint around a canvas, I didn’t feel like I was having “fun.” When I began using bright colors, fun and funky subject matter, such as stylized flowers or personified animals, my entire outlook changed. Remember laying on the grass during the summer and seeing object in the puffy clouds. My brain has gone to the extreme on that. I see things everywhere. There is a stone wall in my tv room that I look at everyday. Sometimes the stones look like fishes, but there are two stones that are my favorites. Here is a sketch of gerbil and frog. I’m sure gonna miss them when I move!
