Carol Marine - "In Line for the Tub"

Carol Marine - "In Line for the Tub" - 6x6in.

I am in Westford, MA at the moment, teaching 2 back to back workshops. The first day I was here there was a snowstorm, which for this Texas girl was a bit of a shock! I just finished with the first workshop which went really well, and I start the next one tomorrow. I did a little snowscape today from my window on my own and wanted to post it here but ... it's very difficult to get a good photo outside when there is snow everywhere, and I don't have my special lights with me. Alas.

Carol Marine - "One Hot Mama"

Carol Marine - 6x6in. - oil on panel - "Wide Open" - bid

After 3 days recently of not painting (because life does happen), I came back into my studio only to find that ... I had forgotten how to paint! This has happened many times, and somehow, after a bit, I always remember again. This time it was easier, and I'll tell you why. After the first bad one, I wiped it off. After the second one, ditto. The third one was easier. By the fourth I was back in the swing of painting and loving it (this given I had a whole day to paint). The idea here is not to struggle over paintings that aren't working, but to move on, and keep moving on, until things click again. I recommend it.

Carol Marine - "Cooped Up"

Carol Marine - "Cooped Up" - 6x6in. - bid

I got these cool peppers in the last batch from the organic farm we get veggies from. They have oodles of personality. I love them. On another note, my husband has been in Houston the past couple of days which leaves me a bit cooped up in the house, with a 3 yr old. I love him to death but he's driving me batty! So that's him inside the cup, in time out, and that's me, outside the cup, trying my hardest to be patient. : )