DO MORE OF WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY !
Follow my journey here as I take up residence at a studio accommodation outside San Miguel en Allende, Mexico .
Artists throughout time have sought escape- often to country landscapes, quieter, more isolated locales with fewer demands and fewer interruptions, fewer people, and none of the " to-do's" that seem to constantly interrupt the creative process.
This is my New Year's Resolution - to start the year with an artist residency that will allow me to play, to experiment and to direct my own personal study in my creative process.
Today I began my day with a pot of excellent Mexican coffee . I took my coffee on one of my small brick patios facing the morning sun. Rosie and Gaby [ the boxers] have come to greet me and lay by my feet sunning themselves. The birds begin to sing as the sun warms their nests and entices them to come out.
I am otherwise alone in my new world- and this aloneness is soothing to my soul. Isn't this what every introverted painter [ artist] is searching for .......
The sky is big and blue and open. I am ready to begin .
Follow my journey here as I take up residence at a studio accommodation outside San Miguel en Allende, Mexico .
Artists throughout time have sought escape- often to country landscapes, quieter, more isolated locales with fewer demands and fewer interruptions, fewer people, and none of the " to-do's" that seem to constantly interrupt the creative process.
This is my New Year's Resolution - to start the year with an artist residency that will allow me to play, to experiment and to direct my own personal study in my creative process.
Today I began my day with a pot of excellent Mexican coffee . I took my coffee on one of my small brick patios facing the morning sun. Rosie and Gaby [ the boxers] have come to greet me and lay by my feet sunning themselves. The birds begin to sing as the sun warms their nests and entices them to come out.
I am otherwise alone in my new world- and this aloneness is soothing to my soul. Isn't this what every introverted painter [ artist] is searching for .......
The sky is big and blue and open. I am ready to begin .
My work space is full of light .There is a large table to lay out all of my tools that I plan to play with - inks and acrylics, pastels and watercolours , pencils and pens . I have bought various papers of all sizes at El Pato [ "The Duck" in Spanish - a well-known art supply store in SMeA. ] I have canvases and canvas paper - and a giant easel. The walls will hold paper too . Tomorrow I will tell you all about my first play day....
if you think I should try something in particular or if you have comments about my experiments or questions about SMeA I would love to hear from you.
if you think I should try something in particular or if you have comments about my experiments or questions about SMeA I would love to hear from you.