Inversions

The business is going well, I'm getting good commissions, and I'm excited about painting them. I even have a number of paintings started for this month and next. But the weather on this second day of a three-day weekend turned dreary and somehow I wasted 2 hours this morning watching Meet the Press. Before I knew it my painting time was more limited than I wanted and my dishes weren't done.

First on today's docket was a limited palette beverage still life (wine, martini & tea) on board. The board has two holes in the back like hang-able picture frames, one at the top and one on the side, so that you don't have to frame it. I set up my lighting, put on my music, and painted. Hum dee dum.

After I finished it I went to the grocery store, which exacerbated my realization that I'd gotten out on the wrong side of the bed. Dreary raininess and a combination of passive-aggressive customer (the oranges are 3 for $2) and slow cashier (they're 2 for $3 on the computer) really got to me. After that I headed straight to starbucks for a coffee, came back, and decided I liked my painting. Then I thought, hmm, I'd better check and see that the hole for hanging it is on the top. Nope.

My painting is upside down.



This is not unfixable. But I think I'm going to take a page out of the yoga playbook and get the foundation of my life together (orderly kitchen and no more eye make up in the bathroom sink) before putting knife to canvas again today.

Painting: Wine, Martini & Tea
Beverage: Water
Playlist: French (yelle, brigitte bardot, carla bruni and yes, "draw me a sheep" by mylene farmer)