Mar 23, 2007
Over the past decade and longer, a great friend of mine,
Shawn Kenney, and I have urged each other on to paint more and better. Not a week goes by without us sharing stories of paintings won and lost, of artists we've discovered, of which wine needs to be tasted. Sometimes that urging comes in the form of a competitive kick in the teeth. As I slipped off my schedule this past week, he found his again, posting new painting after new painting on his site (follow the link above). Nothing pushes more than seeing a fellow painter paint well. It's a seed that finds root in cracks of self doubt, and blossoms into a raging need to out do the other. For so many reasons, I wouldn't be the artist I am today without the help of this friend.
I didn't think of him when I painted another portly pear.
Pear 2 5" x 6",
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But I did when I painted these Mussels. This is one of those pieces that happened quickly, and happened right. Thank you, Shawn. I may not let this one go.
Mussels 6" x 5"
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