So I worked with the background. I have come to realize that my need for perfection is what holds me back most of the time...because I am not perfect (not even close), nor will I ever attain perfection in my work. "An artist never completes her work, she merely abandons it." The best thing to do is to keep trying.
I ended up with orange and pink clouds and a blue black strip with cosmos. I think I'll leave it for tonight. It's definitely different from the previous collages, but then, conversion to Christianity was/is off my grid of previous experience. I have other things on my mind though...interfering with the desire to paint. I'm waiting to hear about a possible job with St. Paul's church, a dear friend of mine is in the hospital again, and I am fighting a deep dissatisfaction with being a single woman. The lesbian community is a tough one to break into around here...especially when they find out I'm "religious". "I don't do religious girls, sorry. Too much latent guilt." Oy.
Marsha! Hope it's going well on both the art and social fronts. Fingers crossed for you about the possible job! :)
ReplyDeleteI totally hear you on the perfection in art thing grabbing a hold of our work and frustrating the brains out of us. meh The life of the artist can't always be wine and cheese.