Barnabas

There is no time to order up coffee today, so chitchat it is...


Recently I submitted one of my babies “Barnabas the Anointed” to be Sold through the Northern California Arts Council (NCA) in partnership with the Sacramento Fine Arts Center (SFAC).
Ultimately, I decided to buy a previously owned picture frame (knowing it would show signs of wear and tear) to coincide with the overall old-fashioned look of the DaVinci Series painting. I touched up the painting frame to embellish it with a darker brown stain on the wood with accents of old gold seeping thru to create a vintage look. After having completed the painting and placed it in the frame, I leaned it against the wall, stepped back to get a good look at the painting in the frame and thought to myself, I wonder how he likes it? That’s when I thought I saw Barnabas smile! LOL I was reminded of just how sentimental I am with my paintings. As my heart pang I was reminded that the art I create today, once sold, I will never see again. It feels almost sacrificial and in a sense it is…is it? Ahhh the life of an artist!

Barnabas, may you create new sentimental smiles to all those who set eyes upon you.

I have been writing down more ideas for paintings - than I have been enjoying the act of painting itself. It seems the more Ideas I have, the more I begin to paint them, leading to even more ideas throughout the creation process, that ideas are multiplying faster than I can write them all down. I explained to my friend Trish a possible solution to this, “I just need to train my paintbrushes!” (I thought this was a stoke of genius) That once trained, my paintbrushes could act on command, thus I could paint much faster to keep up with my ideas, maybe even paint two or three paintings at once. I would be much like a conductor in an orchestra. I thought this was a revolutionary idea. Then she reminded me that this has already been done… just like in the movie Fantasia. My jaw dropped. Oopps I forgot about that movie. So I replied, and look how Fantasia turned out; see, I told you it was a great idea! LOL I’ll have to watch that again soon.

I just have to mention that my artist bio & statement has been written and I've submitted my art to various places and am getting a great response!!! It’s a nice feeling to have many options. I feel like I've thrown a million possibilities up in the air...now let’s see what becomes of them all! ;)