sheep

Busy

I am getting ready for small works shows for the holidays. And while I was working so hard, I received good news: My painting, Play at the Plate won first place in the IWBC’s Women on the Diamond art competition.

Bryce Harper, 8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
Jaz on Her Favorite Chair, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches
Free Range Chickens in Lambertville NJ, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches
Fat Cat (Tucker), oil on canvas, 8 x 10 inches
Sheep at Thompson Neely Farmstead, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches
Sheep at Thompson-Neely Farmstead 2, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches

Beginning, middle, end

These three paintings are in various stages of completion: I just started the painting of the sheep today, while I am working to bring the painting of two male models to completion. Mike’s garden is pretty much done. The most difficult part of painting for me is finishing. I am not sure if it is the actual tasks involved or the anxiety it brings, but I feel aggravated. The questions I ask myself when I am trying to finish a painting add to the frustration. “Are you sure you are done?”; “Can you do better?”; and the old chestnut “Is it really good enough?”

Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches, beginning
Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, 2021, in process
Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2021, complete