Day 158- Study of my mother's photo

Day 158- Study of my mother's photo-

9 x 12 inches acrylics on paper

 

My mother has amazing patience. She sends us newspaper clips about art,

letters, poems (her own), books (her own), and always photographs. She has been doing this continuously over the last ten years or so, in an effort to bridge this long distance between us. So while looking through an envelope she had recently sent us, I thought that by painting from her photos I would be doing my half to building that bridge. As a painting this is unresolved, it's just a study that I want to paint much larger (but she's there)

Day 156- Study with pink sweater

                                                          Day 156- Study with pink sweater
                                                         9 x 12 inches, acrylics on paper

I think what I have been trying to say is that it is better to have the story revealed in a painting
through the act of painting itself, rather than dictating it. Also, painting without a specific idea in mind can reveal multiple story lines which is more interesting. Of course the only reason I  like to see stories in paintings is that it increases my pleasure in them. And then yesterday when I painted this
I knew it was finished because visually it was complete, and it is only the first paragraph of a story but that is fine too. There really doesn't have to be any story but a story, or even better multiple stories makes it much more attractive. So am I really saying I am painting just for pleasure? Hmm...yes. (Lets face it we stay alive because life is pleasurable even when it sucks)
(Sorry for all the blabbering...)
                                                                    Hugs-