Ok, I got no where yesterday when I tried to paint - but I went back to the studio today and worked on an idea I had which I call My Life -1 (see below).

I feel like I’m in a rut - like I need to break free from what I’m doing.  I figured that I could do something autobiographical by taking my laptop and painting browsers representing parts of my activity - like my Webmetricsguru.com blog, the Web Analytics Association (being elected to the Board of the WAA) and Trip to Paris - all against the backdrop of my studio space.

I tried something different in materials too - started with Wax / Water Soluble Pastels, then used Oil Pastels over the Wax, and then worked on top with Chalk Pastels; did not work out as I planned - thought the Wax Pastels would make the Oil Pastels go on smoother - but instead, it affected the colors I ended up with.

Experimenting with materials and techniques is good - and that part, I liked, even if it did not work out quite how I planned.

I’m also a little nervous about going to Paris - as the date gets nearer and I’m wondering about a lot of things … beginning to doubt myself but knowing I should go anyway.  I’m just wondering …. I’ll be with other artists that are more focused on their art than I am….I’m all over the place, blogging, a Web Analyst, and a painter (not in that order - hell..I’m not sure what the order is anymore - or should be).

I put in the Suggestopedia book - the same one I read before going to Paris 20 years ago (is everything doomed to repeat?).

Anyway …. just in case you wanted to now what I was painting from - see below: