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rebeccmeisterRemind me to never, ever try to paint pictures of people I know.
Remind me that watercolors are harder than oil painting, even if watercolor paintings are kind of faster than oil paintings. And I only mean kind of.
I have a cousin-in-law who is a highly accomplished painter (website here--take a look at portrait statement to appreciate her approach). Alas, I am neither so gifted nor so practiced, and often I am embarrassed at my attempts.
And yet--what art will fill my walls? My own clumsy folk-art attempts are more pleasing to my eye than the mass-produced alternatives I can afford at this stage of my life. And I cannot stop creating. I suppose what I really lack is T's patience and dedication to her paintings, to the careful placement of every brush stroke that comes from years of practice and a rich vision of the world.
Perhaps this is what it means to grow older--to see beauty more deeply.
Remind me that watercolors are harder than oil painting, even if watercolor paintings are kind of faster than oil paintings. And I only mean kind of.
I have a cousin-in-law who is a highly accomplished painter (website here--take a look at portrait statement to appreciate her approach). Alas, I am neither so gifted nor so practiced, and often I am embarrassed at my attempts.
And yet--what art will fill my walls? My own clumsy folk-art attempts are more pleasing to my eye than the mass-produced alternatives I can afford at this stage of my life. And I cannot stop creating. I suppose what I really lack is T's patience and dedication to her paintings, to the careful placement of every brush stroke that comes from years of practice and a rich vision of the world.
Perhaps this is what it means to grow older--to see beauty more deeply.
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Date: 2007-12-23 06:03 pm (UTC)