Goodnight Buffalo, oil, 30"x48" gallery wrap
I've been a bit out of touch. Life has thrown me some curve balls and some lemons lately, just as it does all of us throughout our time on earth.
Not many know that I have suffered from a monkey called depression for the last 30 years...I'm only talking about it as I think there are more of us out there than we realize. Those of us who struggle everyday to put a smile on our faces and keep trying to ask, "..and how are you doing?" instead of dwelling on our own sadness. It sometimes becomes overwhelming and unbearable and I call it lovingly, "The Rabbit Hole".
Well, I'm happy to finally say that I am emerging from "The Rabbit Hole" and am ready to face life again and am ready to pick up my paintbrush again after a few months of not being able to do what I love.
This evening I received the great news that a painting I submitted has been selected to hang in our Colorado Senator's office, (Michael Bennet),in Washington D.C. for the next 2 years. It's just the medicine I needed!
Tomorrow morning I'm heading to the Pacific Northwest on a road trip to Portland Oregon to visit my daughter and her family and to deliver the detritus of a lifetime that she has left to reside in our home since she moved out 16 years ago! ...another cathartic moment I'm sure :)
I've packed my plein air "stuff" in hopes that I get inspired on the trip and will post as...and if...it happens. Wish me luck.
Not many know that I have suffered from a monkey called depression for the last 30 years...I'm only talking about it as I think there are more of us out there than we realize. Those of us who struggle everyday to put a smile on our faces and keep trying to ask, "..and how are you doing?" instead of dwelling on our own sadness. It sometimes becomes overwhelming and unbearable and I call it lovingly, "The Rabbit Hole".
Well, I'm happy to finally say that I am emerging from "The Rabbit Hole" and am ready to face life again and am ready to pick up my paintbrush again after a few months of not being able to do what I love.
This evening I received the great news that a painting I submitted has been selected to hang in our Colorado Senator's office, (Michael Bennet),in Washington D.C. for the next 2 years. It's just the medicine I needed!
Tomorrow morning I'm heading to the Pacific Northwest on a road trip to Portland Oregon to visit my daughter and her family and to deliver the detritus of a lifetime that she has left to reside in our home since she moved out 16 years ago! ...another cathartic moment I'm sure :)
I've packed my plein air "stuff" in hopes that I get inspired on the trip and will post as...and if...it happens. Wish me luck.
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