Spending time in my art room is a goal each day, but like in so many things, the idea doesn’t always go to plan. As artists everywhere will tell you, you cannot schedule creativity. Some days it happens, some days it doesn’t. At the very least I plan studio time every day, even if it’s just to shuffle things around a bit, put this or that away, tidy up. Making that a habit leads (me anyway) to actually getting some real work done. And that’s what it’s all about.

Here’s what’s currently on the easel. I’ve been part of a really fun art group recently. We meet weekly to talk about art, about technique, about art “rules” and whether we really care about most of them (turns out we don’t). We paint, we learn from each other, we laugh and drink tea. This 14x11 painting came out of one of those classes. It has a very old feel to it, and I like that. Still work to be done, but it’s well on its way.