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As my travels have slowed, it felt so good to finally get into the studio this week, but getting back into the groove of painting I find that when I’ve had a big break from painting my first attempts feel awkward and ugly, I feel  frustrated, wondering why I’m even doing it. That Voice in my head starts saying “why do you even think you’re an artist, maybe you should go do something else.” But I keep at it, I keep playing, putting colors down on the surface, trying not to think too much or listen to that voice. I often listen to audiobooks when I paint to disconnect and over ride that voice, because I know from experience that if I just keep painting I’m going to hit my groove and it’s going to feel good again. Like anything, it takes time and energy to excel. One of the reasons I like to put random color down on my canvas (or fabric) first is because a blank canvas can feel so intimidating, and when there are colors, shapes and textures, I can look at that surface and try to pull the image out of it.  I’ll find areas of interest to create a focus and then cover up other areas that may be less interesting or unnecessary for the composition. I like having partial images or text show through that might make ones eye look de*per to hold clues as to what might lie I like to add symbols or images that don’t relate to anything, but because our minds naturally want to decipher meaning in words and images the painting will begin to create a unique story of its own.  I love the graphic symbol of a house. The shape itself can be quite nice, but then as an archetype it can represent the self or ones life. It could be one’s relationships, personality or feelings, or the space one occupies in the world.  This canvas started out painted in shades of pink, red and green. I didn’t have a plan before hand. I just started outlining shapes with blue, first the cactus shapes, and simple trees, then I outlined the houses using blue and white which slowly turned into snow drifts and