Last week I moved out of my studio at DC Arts Studios, putting about 2/3 of it into storage and the rest of it back to my apartment. Since the beginning of January I had only spent about seven days there, and have not completed a painting this year.
For a while after I made the decision to vacate, it felt an awful lot like defeat. But now that I have things back home again, having access to painting materials again has been strangely uplifting.
So now, partially inspired by Julie Powell's Julie & Julia, I am embarking on a crazy project. There are 123 days left in this year, and by midnight on New Year's Eve, I plan on starting and completing 100 paintings. That is a little under six paintings a week.
I did this one this morning:
Still life: Two Apples And A Pepper
Oil on canvas.
Only 99 more to go!
Peace in yer crease.
