New acrylic painting

 "Looking"

acrylic on canvas

Debra Smith

I like working in acrylics for lots of reasons. 

Painting even a little while each day has helped get me going again. I have so much to learn that it's daunting, but I'll never learn it if I just think about painting. I do that! 

This painting had been put aside with only the abstract background done. I knew I wanted to add something-just didn't know what. It took me a couple of months to figure out it had to be birds hiding in the abstract shapes and colors. I know I'll do more like this.

 I pray, a lot,while I'm working.

I think some of my months of not painting have been because I just can't really see a purpose for what I'm doing. The pandemic doesn't help, but I felt that way before. 

When you do art, you're alone. I just had to tell my sweet husband to scat-I was still working on the painting. We talked lovingly about it, but it still felt wrong. What am I doing? Where is this art thing going anyway?

I don't know.

But like I said above, I pray about this thing I'm doing and I can't get around it-I gotta paint.

 I'm still gonna paint and someday I'll know why.

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