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| Cherry Branch oil on canvas 4 x 12 x 1.5 |
is quote from Mary Engelbreit and was seen on many of her greeting cards and like paper products some years past. This quote always tickled my silly bone and reminded me not to take anything too seriously and to relish the unforeseen turn of events that peppers our lives. Most of my work involves the creation of an idea, followed by sketches and the complex painting process of create and destroy, making the project last quite a while, sometimes a long long while, until resolution is reached....the point at which my personal sense of visual aesthetic is pleased. But I try to sandwich light quick projects in-between...they take the edge off and fill my need for spontaneity. While trimming a weeping cherry tree a few weeks ago, I was taken by the lush fruits that even this small tree was able to bring forth. The work was painted from a clipped branch placed in view of my easel and worked on in, I believe, only two sessions, while I tried to capture its elegance before too much withering occurred. I like it very much and feel that for a small work, it contains enough complexity to tease my intellect. So be it.
Life really is just a chair of bowlies.
