"Fresh Roses"
Oil painting on linen on board (16"x20")
"This painting is hanging in a guest bathroom that I intend to let go with my home / when and if it sells. The beautiful black gallery wall is gone and restored to it's original color. The house and garage are cleared of the things I am keeping except for clothes and personal items. One wall in the garage is lined with paintings and frames that I want to keep. The big Hughes easel will be gone by next week. Here is a link to the multiple listing and virtual tour of my home.
Before returning home from the recent trip, I was able to visit with all four of my sons and with many of my Indiana friends. While in Plainfield, Indiana, I looked at some condos with the thought of maybe buying one. I'm so unsure of what to do now that probably renting would be a better option for me. It's for certain that I won't do anything until "I have the I know that I know" from my Inner Presence.
Being away from here for a while was good but the loneliness and sadness still eat away at me. I talked to a counselor yesterday who says this will not continue and to expect good things to happen gradually that will ease this suffering. He says "Be kind to yourself during this time and if you can't paint, just don't do it. If there is no joy in painting now, why are you forcing yourself? You'll know when and if it's time. Seek, look into and try new things." . . . . Actually, nothing really seems to mean anything to me now.
Last Friday I canceled out of The Sheldon Fine Art Gallery here in Naples and brought home five paintings. They still have six of my paintings and I intend to have them back soon. I plan to take one or two paintings to the Brown County, IN gallery the first of September but I need to be free of painting obligations right now. It surprises me because I always thought that I would paint up to the end.
My Beloved Karl is gone eleven months and thirteen days today. Will after a year gone by be the time of healing? I'm so thankful for the years we had together and yet it's so hard, still, to go on without him."
Before returning home from the recent trip, I was able to visit with all four of my sons and with many of my Indiana friends. While in Plainfield, Indiana, I looked at some condos with the thought of maybe buying one. I'm so unsure of what to do now that probably renting would be a better option for me. It's for certain that I won't do anything until "I have the I know that I know" from my Inner Presence.
Being away from here for a while was good but the loneliness and sadness still eat away at me. I talked to a counselor yesterday who says this will not continue and to expect good things to happen gradually that will ease this suffering. He says "Be kind to yourself during this time and if you can't paint, just don't do it. If there is no joy in painting now, why are you forcing yourself? You'll know when and if it's time. Seek, look into and try new things." . . . . Actually, nothing really seems to mean anything to me now.
Last Friday I canceled out of The Sheldon Fine Art Gallery here in Naples and brought home five paintings. They still have six of my paintings and I intend to have them back soon. I plan to take one or two paintings to the Brown County, IN gallery the first of September but I need to be free of painting obligations right now. It surprises me because I always thought that I would paint up to the end.
My Beloved Karl is gone eleven months and thirteen days today. Will after a year gone by be the time of healing? I'm so thankful for the years we had together and yet it's so hard, still, to go on without him."
