Dear Friends and Family,
These past few months there have been several things that have stuck out in my mind. The first is I have my bachelor’s degree, and what do I have to show for it? I realized that a degree means nothing unless you do something about it. The next thing is I was in the temple recently, and I was talking to a random woman who works there. While talking to her she said she’s been contemplating this thought: “If you don’t reach your goal, you never really wanted it in the first place.” It reminded me of a painting that I had sitting in my closet. I wanted so badly to finish it, but once morning sickness hit me I never really got around to it. So this past week I decided to finish the piece that I started.
I thought it was cute. It’s an 8×10, so she could find any old frame for it. Unfortunately I haven’t heard from her since I stuck it in her mailbox. Hope she is doing well….That’s what I get for giving out art! I do it so many times now, no wonder they call it a starving artist! Well what good is an art talent if you can’t better the lives of others with it?
I’m sorry I don’t have much else to show you from 7 month’s time, other than a fun car study, and a red flowers study to get me back into oil painting….well sure, why not! I’ll give you a peek:
They were going to be larger paintings in the future, and I was trying to work out color options in my study. But if you have been with me for a while, cars have begun to get old. Do you think I should make some more flower paintings? Also, I don’t think I continued with these because shortly after I found myself pregnant, I banned myself from using oils because of the toxic paint thinner. I didn’t want to take any chances. I’m looking into trying out water-based oils and seeing where it takes me.
Oh! I almost forgot! I have up a pretty daring auction – an original piece of artwork of any subject you wanted, framed, signed and shipped to you for free. This is a one time thing and it was more of an experiment to see if anyone out there really wanted an artwork commission. I know a few of you will protest and tell me this might not be the best route to take. But when you’re slightly strapped for money you’ll end up doing some crazy things. This is one of them! If you are interested you are welcome to bid. But hurry because the auction ends in three days time:
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