I haven't forgotten about this blog. I simply haven't been painting. I usually follow the local seasons in my painting and I got tired of painting winter. Well, I got tired of winter, and it's been unbroken winter around here until this week -- snow banks still more than 3 feet high along the driveway.
I've been writing instead, working on two science fiction pieces; an open ended adventure story "The Captain of the Lost Star" and a mystery/romance "The Rhymer's Gate". Can't say I'll ever finish them, but seeing that I may well have lost it when it comes to painting, I'll probably keep at writing for some time to come.
As for this painting, well I needed to replace a winter scene around the house, and felt as a matter of principle I should paint a new one rather than just find an old spring scene. I don't really know what to say about this piece; I spent an hour on it, trying very hard not to try: just to see what would happen. It shows. The problem with painting at the moment is that it seems that I've done all I can do and everything seems' been there done that'. We'll just have to see how it plays out.
12x16" 30x40cm acrylic on hardboard
