Having not written my blog for sometime now I feel like I am starting from scratch! Staring at a blank word file is not unlike staring at a blank canvas. You just sit there, thinking that inspiration is going to strike, all along hoping that someone might buy an all white canvas and you can go home and take a nap!Eventually the ideas rise to the surface and the colours go down on the canvas and the words tumble on to the page. It is so nice being an artist - for all of the things I'm not actually able to write I can usually paint that emotion and find a way to deliver my message in colour.
So, summer is coming to a close and my beautiful thunderstorms that I love so much are slowly disappearinng until next spring. They are my primary inspiration June through October - something about the thunder, lighting, the sound of the rain on the metal roof of our studio and the electric charge in the air keeps me in my happy, creative place.
During some of the storms early in the season I started experimenting on paper using pastels, inks, acrylics, some papers, liquid gold leaf (a given!) and a whole new way of expressing myself with lines, scribbles and scraffito. This is the most fun I've had in a while and once we get set up for our show this week I'm going to dive back in to this process. It's great to try something different and realize how many untapped things reside inside us, waiting to manifest themselves in some sort of physical form.
If you are in the Naples area come see us this Wednesday evening from 6-9 pm for our open house. Wine and appetizers will be served, and keep in mind that the more paintings you buy the better the wine and apps will be at the next show! It's up to you, people! :-)
Cynthia
