Today feels like a lot.

I've reached a point of exhaustion - the flame to create has dimmed. Not everyone made it. Serval abandoned, some limping to the finish... Bit by bit.

This is the part about being an artist that is hard, feeling the tide rise, pouring yourself into the act of creating, and being left empty once more. I would be lying if I said it was all about artwork. Honestly, the world is more than I can handle. Most times really. But right now, it's particularly hard to keep focused on the 'living' part of life. The world is heavy with strife and misery - today feels like drowning.

Abstract landscape painting.

I've always been sensitive to my surroundings, I've just become practiced at turning off the appropriate mechanisms in order to fullfil the needs of daily life. While I don't feel like I have much left in my for the Bainbridge Studio Tour, I'm hopeful that one piece in particular, will be complete enough to travel for the Bainbridge Studio Tour next weekend - August 8th-10th. That will be down to the cold wax setting up solid enough to travel... And now we wait.