I am in a constant state of balancing my riding with my artwork.  The days are short when you share hours with all that you love to do, but it sure keeps my life interesting.  Now with autumn here, the days becoming shorter, my schedule has to be adjusted.  More time outside because there is less time available, if that makes sense.
I have tried to make peace with the fact that I don't paint full time, but I am cutting my horse numbers back so I can make more painting time available.  Painting is like riding, when you don't do it everyday, you don't have the same feel and balance.  It takes longer to get your "right brain" (intuitive, artistic) more involved than the "left brain" (analytical, ego involved).  My left brain is the chatterbox of bad tidings sometimes.  It wants to tell me I'm nuts for attempting to paint my husband, the tack on the wall, the dogs, on and on.  So I turn my work upside down for awhile and paint.  That will finally subdue all that bad talk, and allow the good, quietly artistic side to work.  When that happens, it's like hypnosis, you paint from a "trance like" state of mind.  It's truly amazing.  Things begin to flow from your hands, colors aren't questioned, they're just right.
 


Comments

Robin

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:44:03

What a beautifully worded explanation, Joni. I know what you mean. Even using the wild bold palette knife, I often prefer to paint upside down if using a photograph. Your work is scrumptious...keep riding and keep painting. And (in keeping with the "keeps") keep us posted!

 



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