There was an article in the Sunday Tennessean society column about Governor Bredesen's lack of time to paint saying, at the end of the day "do I want to sit down for three hours and start working on a painting or do I just want a glass of wine?". The columnist calls to the public to "give this gentleman a break and let him at his canvas and Winsor Newtons. Noting further that " it's good to switch the right side of the brain when you're swimming in a sea of numbers and people making demands of you all day." Bredesen has found a way to feed his inner creator and I feed mine in much the same way. The fight is the same, do I sit still and enjoy a free moment or do I get out the paints and lose myself in a canvas.

Deadlines loom and pieces must be imagined, plotted and created . For me this takes a silent period of reflection and research on the subject matter. By comparission the actual painting is often best accomplished with eclectic IPOD mixes (followed by the inevitable dancing and slinging of paint).

I like to have a few pieces in all stages and stare at them until I know what does or does not work in a piece, although I don't think I ever finish I have to at some point frame and
move on.

So still working on sedona piece with pallette knife and desert colors and the symbolic piece for domestic violence awareness month depicting several sides of a woman/worshipful/athletic/pious/in control/ strong and always watchful. How's it going so far?