Alright, technically it isn’t Sunday anymore but dammit it is the only time I have to blog.
It has really been good to get back into the studio this week! Despite being confined to the house due to ice and snow, I have really felt the inspiration to create. I guess it is that time of year where my need to paint reawakens. That need tends to go dormant during the holiday season until mid January then comes back with a fury… right about now. In order to define myself as an artist I have to accept that I am a victim to these creative and uncreative whims…..awe hell, I resist it all the time, whatever….
SO! What is on the table for today? …..
Chaos! Pure Chaos…. I am not sure I could work on a clean surface…..This was taken at 6:30am this Sunday. I actually got up at 5:30 because the tiny sleepless one decided he needed to be awake….notice the baby monitor in the right corner….he fell back asleep and it seemed logical to just enjoy the quiet while it lasted. Honestly, it is really hard to find time to work in this house. It is filled with life, love and chaos. What it is very rarely filled with are peaceful moments to escape into artful moments. Mind, I wouldn’t change my sweet world for anything else (despite my ocasional breakdowns!). But it is REALLY is hard to find times to escape into my paintings. However, I figure there will be plenty of time for that later. Right now, I really need to enjoy the babyness of my baby and the tenagerness of my teenager and support BFS in all the amazing things he gets up to. In the mean time I will paint when I can paint and dream about a studio in a remote location….
I have several paintings I wish I could reveal, but until all commissions are delivered I must keep them under wraps. I am experimenting with a few new techniques and have much to accomplish before mid-march when I launch a new face and storefront for Wenderflonia (and possibly another branch off that specifically emphasizes my photos). But enough of that, just know there are so many things whirling around in my head at the moment, and I will share in all due time but the mean time I am working, working, working. I feel I should also let you know I have been working to the inspiration of all the Armageddon movies we have in our dvd collection. So far I have watched: Zombieland, Independence Day, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, Mama Mia (Not sure how that fits), and 2012. Not sure why, but I did. I also just realized that Bruce Willis and Woody Harrelson are in a lot of apocalyptically themed movies.
The one thing I do know for absolute certain is that there better be no more snow days! I love love love my boys but a week stuck in the house has left my floors in desperate need of mopping and no one will sit still long enough for me to do that. Also, Parker needs a more formal education than learning how to create a bobsled runway out of the driveway…..although he was really good at it.
Full of love and ready for an adventure,
Wenders