During day 27 of my 31 in 31 painting challenge, I returned unexpectedly to jazz musicians—exploring attention, negative space, and what it means to be fully locked in while creating art by hand.
In today’s painting, inspiration takes the form of small birds finally coming to rest. A reflection on creative practice, patience, and what happens when the environment is right for ideas to land.
What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
“If you Blink, You’ll Miss it” 6×6 in, oil on panel, framed Looks like I’m staying with the hummingbird again for day 3. I also took some time to edit a poem I wrote during the last 31 in 31. It’s still not quite there, still a little clunky in places but, I suppose so […]
“Hum of the Flowers” 8×8 in, oil on canvas, framed The little hummingbird from yesterday’s painting made it back into today’s. I love the hummingbird for its precious little quickness, its constant darting, and the reminder it always gives me to maybe linger for a bit before running off to the next shining thing. 31 […]
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