The last time I attempted a self portrait I was in art school, about 15 years ago. But I want to begin this journey with a deeper honesty. I picked up the brush, sat in front of a mirror, and on my 34th birthday I started from the beginning again.
Vulnerable and new. That's how I feel. New to this painting thing, even though I've been doing it forever now. Vulnerable, because I have to accept where I am, and how much I have to learn, and all the time I've wasted painting...but wasn't really painting at all.
I'm getting back to basics. Diving into the painting process itself. Learning all the things I thought I forgot. Waking up from a deep sleep.
Peace & Love.
6 comments:
to begin again is as opening one's eyes after a blink
thank for the inspiration
Happy Belated Birthday! :) May your journey be spectacularly raw, deliciously honest and fantastically real! May the surprises bring fountains of delight. May the exploration be like that of a child! :)
Love the self-portrait. :)
Ah - good morning! May you wake into a gentle and fulfilling life as you celebrate all the things that got you here. :)
You have created a beautiful self-portrait Connie, I really like it. You appear so pensive, calm and focused.
beautiful just like you.
i love this Connie.
and as is the case with you and me being sisters and all that, I too am going to go right back to basics and start again, i got dragged down a painting road i never really intended to go down and have to back track now and find my way again. I really only left it 2 years ago, but i was supposed to be entering major art comps this past year, I had a lot of backing of major artists here in Australia. Time to back track and PAINT.
Glad we are both doing this together.
xxiloveyouxx
michelle
Don't discredit what you did before - it's all grist for the creative mill.
Beautiful.
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