Leonard Cohen ~ Dance me to the end of love
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Jenny Mendes at the Penland Focus Gallery through July 8
My absolute favorite and most blessed wood fired tiny bowls that I’ve saved over the past two years are available and on display @penlandgallery http://penland.org/shop/product-category/focus-gallery / fired in different kilns thanks to @dan_finnegan_pottery CIA ceramics 😊 ❤️
A few words on struggle
I started the painting on this cup yesterday. I liked the drawings, and needed to fill in the details. Somehow, I lost my clarity and the background got totally confused. But I still really liked the figures, so I kept trying to fix it, only getting deeper and deeper into the swamp of chaos...... I actually almost gave up, it looked horrible and felt like a failure, and I was so close to thowing it into the trash, but still I really liked the initial drawings, especially this one, so I didn't quit, and eventually, by washing back the surface I got to a place that I really liked. It kind of reminded me of Van Goghs starry starry night... But, it was tough getting there. Why am I writing this? To encourage anyone in their work not to take the easy way out, but stick with it and find a way out of the darkness when it isn't going well. Up until this point for the last ten or so paintings I have done it was easy, but on this one I really hit...