She's Back in Town

Here's a 4' x 4' painting I'd done the composition for before we moved, and returned to last week, after getting impatient with working on smaller surfaces. It was great fun to do and I love the freedom to add elements in larger paintings that just don't work well with my style in smaller paintings.

At the moment am working on collages and some more paintings. At some point will be doing a large mixed-media painting which has been simmering in my head for a long time. Sometimes I think I ought to combine the two approaches, sometimes I don't.

This third week of the Artist's Way continues to illuminate. The morning pages are a great way to start the day. I get up, make a cuppa black coffee, then go into the studio, shut the door, and work in the writing nook, usually with the window open and letting in the fresh air. Takes me between an hour and an hour and a half. I guess I write slow. Three full pages in longhand every single day. It's a great way to learn to listen to one's inner creator.