Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Painting is like Xmas shopping

Merry Xmas yall!
I recently bought gifts for my mom and her husband Bob. Every year this involves hours of web research, looking up various topics I assume they like, and then mulling over each potential gift trying to determine if it has the specific elements that they will react to. (Did I mention that I'm a perfectionist?)
This process is actually exactly like what painting is like for me. I do hours of work trying to get pictures that I hope viewers will emotionally react to. It's actually quite difficult because I have never met the potential viewer and must brainstorm what they could possibly like.

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