Happy New Year! Its takes me about a week (right on schedule here at January 7th….) to fully own and embrace the new year. A couple of days chocolate/carb/Christmas decoration hangover, a few days of nutrition/exercise/green juice guilt, a day of false starts in back to work mode and eventually a cheerful mosey into my emails, office and easel. So far so good.
I don’t do resolutions but I do like reflecting on the past year of what worked ,what didn’t, do more, do less. The do more list has PAINT written in big letters across it! I even enrolled in an online painting class to get myself in motion straight out of the gate. Again, so far so good.
This piece ,”Set Sail”, was inspired by taking what you have that moment and putting them together in a way that works. I’m a big believer in starting where you are or using what you have. I learned early on at an art festival that my suitcase full of art supplies that I had dragged from my house to an airport to a rental car to a brimming sold out class was….not helpful! I was so overwhelmed that I don’t even remember what I created other than it required little or nothing that i brought with me. Lesson learned. I’m guilty as the next for rushing to the art store for new paint or some fabulous new white pen (if you know, you know) but…mostly I use what I have, paint what I’ve collected or remember or am aligned with. It’s a lot easier.
My wish for 2022 is that we Set Sail on that creative vision. Small steps or big leaps but definitely some trajectory. Sometimes the smallest steps all put together over time can equal something pretty awesome.
Wishing you a happy, healthy and creative start to a brand new year.
Mindy xo