Well, I have heard of Writer’s block and Artist’s Block but this is different.  Usually nothing interrupts my creative motion. Actually for me and my husband, this quarantine didn’t change much of our routine.   So here we are, with nothing but time on our hands. Even so, I find myself sitting at my easel not motivated to put any mark down.  I am feeling like nothing I want to paint is good enough.  So I find an area of the painting that isn’t too important and I do that for a couple of hours. Maybe the back ground or maybe an arm or a piece of clothing.  The next day, the same thing happens.  Of course, I am also having my schedule messed up by other people’s difficulties and I feel driven to make a lot of phone calls to encourage loved ones or help one of my kids with something. It just seems like months are going by without much accomplishment.  Even worse, when I look at the work I have finished, I am just not happy with it. This is not normal. Now, I am getting irate.  I am angry at the bad choices made by people in power and I am frustrated about my constitutional rights being trampled.  Not only that but I am horrified at what is going on with people of all races. We have lost our dignity and we have no trace of morals in the actions and events taking place.  It is good that every once in a while we learn of someone who has acted with human kindness and decency. Not only is violence and pestilence hurting people, now we are suffering depression too.  I am encouraged by those who are beginning to say NO to all this, standing up for reason and calmness in such a bad situation. I am also appalled by how far back we have fallen in our society.  Have we actually chosen lawlessness? I must put my faith in Yah, And I must count on the prevailing goodness of the majority.  

As things begin to open up, art events are again being planned.  I have made choices of pieces to show and Bruce and I have picked out framing material. Of course, I should have expected another wrench to be thrown into the works.  Here I am, working away on a portrait that I am not happy with, trying to get it finished in time for one of these shows and I get this impulse to start an impossible task!! There is an image of a huge rocky vista in Argentina where my daughter and her friend visited just before we learned about this virus.  My daughter and her friend are in the forefront, both looking amazing with this monumental landscape behind them.  I have TWO WEEKS, JUST TWO WEEKS, till the show entry date.  I cannot resist.  I go into marathon painting mode and my husband volunteers to cook supper every night for those two weeks.  I have always taken months to complete paintings.  But, yes, I got this done.  And entered. I will show you an image but the photos are on my ipad so I will have to put them up on another blog entry. Well, let me check to see if there is an image in my photo gallery on my computer.

This is 42 inches across. I hope people enjoy it.  It is entitled, ‘Argentina- Our Amazing Journey. It is not only about the journey to a new country, but about the amazing journey of these girls friendship.  It could be a movie.  Hugs and love to all my artist and art admirers friends. Shalom, Diana