Sylvia, An Artist's Journal

I wanted to paint outside in the garden all summer long. One thing came up after another, and before I knew it summer was looking to be over. The days were obviously shorter, weather cooling and storms were coming in. Today was the last warm sunny day when my flowers would still be standing up blooming. I had to get out now and paint at least one good Plein Air Garden painting! I set up quickly and tried to capture the dancing of the Rudbeckia blossoms on the tops of their tall wiry stems.
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                                                     The Last Day of Summer Plein Air acrylic, 20x16

An Artist's Journal by Sylvia - The Beginning......

Though I am an artist I am also a gardner, wife, mom, friend, sister, businesser, volunteer and dog master to Tater. Life is busy, complex, and it often pulls me away from my artistic profession as an artist. To keep on tract I am embarking on a painting exercise Sherry Grover, a marketing expert, told me years ago to do i.e. - Paint 100 "ME Paintings", paintings I don’t ‘have’ to paint but I want to paint for ‘Me’. This is to become partially a self-discovery, a style discovery and a way to develop a new seriousness and good habits for me about my art. So I had better get started.

This Bog will be a witness of this process. The outcome is unknown but I do know I will get to paint a lot. I am sure I will be painting well beyond 100 ‘me paintings’. It is a “Good Thing”, Sylvia.  (:
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