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I just want to paint. I’ve thought about it and really can’t tell you exactly why…ever since I was a kid, picking up a pencil and trying to draw. When I’d go to museums or look at art books and see what old painters did, I was fascinated. I still marvel when I see a Rembrandt self portrait and I’m actually looking into the eyes of the long dead Painter, or look at a masterful landscape and try to understand what the Painter saw. I just always wanted to paint.
I think I have a love/hate relationship with painting – it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I love the look of oil paint, the smell of oil paint, the texture of oil paint. I love standing on the cliff overlooking the ocean, waiting with anticipation at what is going to happen on the canvas. I enjoy sharing painting trips with good friends, and after the short and furious struggle every painting is, commiserating on what might have been.
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