osso and her eyes, again

osso, I can relate to the inertia. But it would be great if you could uninertiafy yourself and paint again. Let those creative juices flow.

I was thinking you stopped painting because of your eyes, osso. Difficulties with vision. I may well have gotten that completely wrong.

a little bit of both inertia and eyes. I had the slow down once before, before the previous eye surgery. And then I was moving, with a lot to do related to that, both in California and in New Mexico. Then I settled in more here, and the eye stuff got worse. I still could have painted, but having painted with a pretty advanced cataract before, wasn't too enthused about doing that again. And I ain't no Monet.

Ok, now I've lost the best glasses. They are in this house. Last time I remember wearing them was going to the mail box, but I don't need them to see in the house. (It's complicated - I see better far in the house with them, and less well nearer and more near, easier to leave them off, who needs to see the dusty curtain rod). So they're here. I have looked everywhere, including the laundry. Including the trash baskets. Including odd places on the floor in case they fell when I flipped a sweater off having had them rest at the collar... Afraid I'll find them when I hear the crunch under my shoe.
The good part is, the second best pair also work pretty well, just not as great. And I'm due for a new prescription in three weeks or so.

I hope I didn't mail them.

how long have they been lost for....


hours or over a day?

couple of days - but hey, I once found a lens I'd been looking for over a month.. under a cart with files..
I'll report when I find them.
(Compared to how I'd been seeing pre surgery, glasses #2 are excellent, so this is just a mild whine at myself)

k, hope you find them soon.

yay for second best glasses for the time being...



x

Hah, twenty minutes later I find them. Hidden in the thicket behind the computer under a bunch of stuff..

there we go.... happy outcome to the day - well done you xx

Hooray!!!!!

How about planning and painting a mural of something on one of the walls in your house -- maybe out on the back patio? Could be an opportunity for a bit of trompe l'oeil? You'd tackle two stones with one bird and can always paint over it if you don't like how it turns out. Hey! Speaking of stones, here's another idea. You've got hundreds of rocks in that yard of yours that you've been removing. Do some practice painting on 'em and sell 'em as pet rocks or paper weights for extra gas money. Maybe you'll find your inspiration and inertia-buster in them so you can put brush to canvas.

I'm done with my mural days and have lots of ideas for paintings... trust me on that. But

pet rocks, maybe their time has come again.

No, kidding. But one thing I might do is tiny paintings. Back in my last home town various artists were asked over the years to provide paintings for auction at the local museum - I think it was around early december, how soon I forget, the time for picking up the supplied 6" x 8" canvas being a few months before - and I whipped one out in perhaps two separate 30 to 45 minute efforts, the news being that I liked that painting and had an urge to keep it.

Among the canvases I have waiting patiently are some small ones, though not quite that small. Still, it's a good size for a 'real' painting at a low price for gallery shoppers, and I think I'll play with that.

Here's that quickie painting, a tad dark, colors too blue.. re the painting colors.



The problem would be that I'd want to fix obvious poor choices and then spend more time. And I've never wanted to be controlled in my painting time - I've had enough of that with design deadlines for twenty plus years.
Still, it's amusing.

But first, Roger sent me some photos of the park and river area where he lives, and there are several trigger ideas in those - plus they're from new mexico. I don't care where a landscape is, at least for painting reasons or even for selling reasons, but some buyers do. And I'd do those paintings fairly large, me thinks.

I really like this idea, osso!
I'm quite a fan of the small-ish/miniature painting, as opposed to the huge!
Too much huge around, that's what I think!
Go for it!
I look forward to seeing some of your small paintings here!

This is all a little silly, as several of my paintings sold for a few thousand in a poor market area not all that long ago. Markets vary with time, but I don't need to paint rocks - I just need to paint for my own pleasure and maybe some of them will sell. But if not, I'll be engaged with painting again in any case.

WOW Osso.... I've not seen your paintings before.... how very talented are you!!!!!!!!!!! That is a gift.

How wonderful that is.


Hope you have now gone to zzzzzzz and wake up well rested. Looks like there's a few of us doing the night shift these days.

Osso, good to hear about your eye progress. About the painting inertia, I have had a couple of bouts with that but I've been able to stay with it by taking a SEMI-break. By that I mean I've been just doing a lot of looking at paintings-in-process and doing small changes or additions to them (while at the same time STARTING a new painting with a splash of colors and forms in semi-arbitrary fashion--to be looked at daily and worked on slowly in the near future).
What I have NOT felt like doing is working for hours in the studio. Instead I've been most of my free time on the fiddle, preparing for a small recital (soiree) with a Beethoven sonota (no.8) and a delightful little waltz by Kreisler (Liebesleid). That requires a committment of time, and coordination with the pianist, once the recital is scheduled. But not the paintings: they are freedom itself.

Osso, good to hear about your eye progress. About the painting inertia, I have had a couple of bouts with that but I've been able to stay with it by taking a SEMI-break. By that I mean I've been just doing a lot of looking at paintings-in-process and doing small changes or additions to them (while at the same time STARTING a new painting with a splash of colors and forms in semi-arbitrary fashion--to be looked at daily and worked on slowly in the near future).
What I have NOT felt like doing is working for hours in the studio. Instead I've been most of my free time on the fiddle, preparing for a small recital (soiree) with a Beethoven sonota (no.8) and a delightful little waltz by Kreisler (Liebesleid). That requires a committment of time, and coordination with the pianist, once the recital is scheduled. But not the paintings: they are freedom itself.

Oh, to hear that, JL. Will any of you record it?

Eventually I'll do a little rehearsal tape for you. Thanks for the interest.