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| Pot of Potatoes watercolor on paper 13 x 17 |
are good for measuring things, even measuring finished work, but lose their function when trying to measure the quality of our work. One day at the end of class, one of the artists asked me if I thought his work had improved over the past couple of years. Wow...talk about a loaded question. I hate to respond with another question, but I think that improvement can only be judged from within. With some paintings, I felt that I really hit the mark. Others, not so much. I have sold many paintings that were not among my favorites. I am happier with my work than I was a decade ago....does that count? It seems that my earlier work garnered more awards....but I may be wrong. I am doing riskier things these days...solving more difficult problems....I feel that my work is now really mine. But how would others measure it? I don't know. Sometimes I really love a painting that has not even gotten a second glance by others. I guess improvement is in the eye of beholder.
"Pot of Potatoes" is the aforementioned work.
