September 16th-INCOMPLETE

Life has been fun and busy these last couple of months. I’ve had two milestones to celebrate. One being selling my first ever painting in a gallery at the Tomato Art Fest in East Nashville. The second is I’m going to be merchandising my art, cards and ornaments at a new store on 8^th Avenue called Erabellum. These are two things I had no expectation of accomplishing this year. So, I am very happy and thankful.

As you might imagine, this has left me with a lot of unfinished work. At least half of it gets painted over as I’m working it. I guess I just envision that the finished product is not going to cut it, so I abandon ship half way through. There is good in this too though, as I am learning quickly and improving.

There is a down side to it too. Looking at some of these photos of the incomplete paintings, I can’t help but wonder what some of them would have turned out to look like. I’m going to spend the next few weeks sharing them with you. Then, it’s back to finished works. So, they will just be the painting and dimensions. Not much if any commentary.

There is a lot of value in seeing something all the way through I believe. You’ll never know what your capable of unless you commit to complete things, regardless of the results.

Marisa Ray