New paintings

Despite feeling a bit depressed this week, I did complete three paintings. I find myself apathetic and disintrested in anything, so I had to fight to get to work. Sometimes I succeed at it and other times I fail....
Anyone else struggle with depession?.......What do you do to move towards your art rather than move away from it?








6"x6" Oil on canvas, $90












The cool goat I have been pushing paint around on for awhile.....

oil on canvas, $200








Portrait....
oil on canvas $200

Today's Painting

Man, that black is killing me......it is coming together, though and will be worth the struggle.

On the easel.....today's painting

I never thought I would have so many paintings going at one time. I like the idea, though, of going back and forth between several. Long way to go on this one and so wrong to think this would be easy. Black is such a huge challenge. There are so many subtleties of light and color especially in animals. This one isn't a true black...more of a bluish, reddish brown.....very complicated.

I also started "Petal Pusher" but it just looks creepy now, so I will work on it a bit more before I post it..

Today's painting: Cairn Terrier

This was a fun painting to do today while I am between larger works.

SOLD

New Painting on the easel.....

I have really wanted to paint this goat for a long time and now is a good time coming off of a pretty significant painting.....just the basics so far with most of the painting concentration in the eye and nose.

Finished painting: The Flowering Bull

I do indeed feel much better........

Painting conflict

Struggling a bit just now. I have a list of other artist's blogs I visit weekly. Many of them are of the painting a day phenomenon and are doing quite well with sales. Really well. Most of the time, I am so glad to see them all doing so well and selling their work consistently. Other times, like today, I am a bit down.

I have heard a lot of advice about being an artist from all sorts of people artists and non alike.
The one I am thinking about today is "you must find what people buy and paint that." I have to say I have done that and after many months found myself really bored. I admire a person who can paint an apple or an egg 25 plus times in a myriad of different lightings and setup and sell every one. And I can do that, too and probably make loads on that bandwagon. I have tried it on one day a week, too, and my heart and mind are thinking about what I really want to paint.

This is a struggle for a lot of us who feel our mark, our creativity is more valuable to us than anything else. Hear me right I do not fault these painting a day artists at all and I am glad they do so well, yet I can't seem to bring myself to do the same thing. Not that my work cannot or doesn't sell, I just think it isn't as widely accepted or accessible. So, the struggle goes on......and it IS nice to get paid for your work and twice as nice to get paid for doing the kind of work you absolutely love. Maybe there is a market out there for me.........I just have to find it, right? Now I ramble....

Anyway, I will probably feel a lot better about it as the day goes on and I finish up that amazing painting on the easel......