8"x10" Oil on Canvas
Painted En Plein Air
Rocky Mountain National Park, Oct 2011
..Are not lost.. Probably just stuck working a cruddy job for the last 6 months, and not having any free time to be what they really want to be. So I quit my day job!! =)During the past 6 months, I have been working 3 jobs back to back. It was killing me, because I wanted nothing more than to just do my art. Admittedly, I made good money, but I've never been a money driven person. I'm the type that can live off of the bare essentials happily, which makes being an artist suitable for me, being that there's little income on a regular basis. That being said, I'm kicking my art career into high gear. Now that I've had some time away, I never want to go that long without it again. I did create little pieces here and there, but I had no time to really indulge myself and get the "good" stuff done.
My last finished studio painting "Last Light", was finished in May. I started a sunset piece (30"x40" oil on canvas) just for shits and giggles in July, but have only put about 7 hours into it.. merely an under painting at this point. I did a quick pen and ink piece "Septipus", and I do think that I want to continue down that path, as I thoroughly enjoy that medium.
Then yesterday came, and I was whisked away to the mountains to plein air paint with my peers. It's been a year since I've been out painting!! Sadly, it showed.. LOL. Now we're going to be making regular trips out every week, so I can get the hang of plein air again.
Now, back to the studio. Looking forward to getting some long overdue pieces on the easel, and doing what it is I do best!
Cheers!
