Last night I stayed home. What I did was what I usually do on holidays. Nothing much. I painted quite a bit. finished two rock paintings, declared another abstract ‘done’ and started a background that I don’t know what I’ll do with it.  I hate having so much work in progress. But at the same time I can never have just one painting going at a time. NEVER. No no. I take that back. I have my times I don’t paint at all. Sometimes that lasts for a month or two. Depending on how burned out I am. Burnout or depression.
Surprisingly enough I am doing well this winter. Perhaps my ‘celebrate nothing, stress about nothing’ strategy is working out well for me. I think, with the exception of the grocery store, I managed to not listen to a single full christmas song this year. Not one that sticks in my mind. I avoided shopping and got in and out at the grocery store as fast as I could. I was not subjected to all the stress everyone else willingly puts themselves through every year. And today, on New Years Day, I feel pretty good about the whole season.

So for new years eve I finished up two paintings and started another. I have one other that the background is finished, and I need to finish with rocks or something, and the one I declared ‘done’ I need to figure out if I am for sure done or not. So I’m going to sit here having a hot chocolate and posting this, putting off all the other stuff I should be doing. Trying to warm back up. I had a smoothie earlier that made me cold. 

So the first one, “mentor”  (I don’t like that name and will be changing it later) I just started and finished pretty quick. less than a day a half. Not bad time. Its 12 x 12 on panel.

 

This second one, “what you get” ......  This one has been sitting with the background done since around September or so. I just haven’t bothered to finish the rocks off until now. time to clear out all the old work, like I should.

 

What you get

acrylic on panel
12 x 12