Artistic Journey? … More like a Tilt-a-whirl

You didn’t go to art school
just keep painting

You never really learned to draw
just keep painting

You’re too old
just keep painting

You sold out
just keep painting

There is not enough time
just keep painting

Your studio is cold
just keep painting

Your studio is hot and humid
just keep painting

Your studio had gnats
just keep painting

Your shoulder aches
just keep painting

You are middle-aged, mousy, and a little pudgy
just keep painting

You have fallen into a dark time
just keep painting

Your life is no longer lolli-pops, ponytails, and hearts
just keep painting

Not sure where I am going with this blog post except to say that my studio work lately seems to be returning back to where I started.  I have so many painting that I just haven’t shared with you.  I don’t want to photograph them.  I am not ready to show them to you yet.

I don’t think a painter’s path is linear.  I am not sure it is even a path at all.   Lots of artists refer to their artistic  journey.  Lately, it is more might be more like a tilt-a-whirl ride than a journey.  Looping back again and again,  making me dizzy in the process.

I feel the need to go back and revisit subjects, colors, and patterns that I used to paint when I first began. So OK, well then, I suppose it is time to go there …   again  …  as many times as it takes until I am ready to move on to new work.

I am rather proud that I have the courage to admit this here, in public on my blog.   I think it is OK to loop back around, as much as I wish.  Maybe when spring arrives, it will bring fresh ideas.  Right now, I am looking back, looping back, and finding some satisfaction in writing about it.

Your thoughts?