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"Heeling on the Mississippi" can be dangerous when a storm is threatening. Painted in acrylics and oils on wood. $1200.00

For the Love of Art

If people ask me "How long did it take you to do that painting?" I wonder, do they mean in hours and minutes? Do they mean the time it took me to study how to mix the oil colors to achieve the shades I look for? Or to learn about the different painting surfaces and how to prepare them? What about practicing composition, studying the subject, exploring the world I want to portray and learning photography so that I can take the perfect picture I need to work from? Or setting up a studio, shopping for supplies--the list is so long, and the preparatory work so time-eating, how can I answer? The hours that the painting itself takes--whether 5 or 50, hardly represent the real time it takes to create something professional. It's the same in writing, acting, composing, cooking, sewing, accounting, and so many more professions. And so, value the beauty of the results. Let the painting touch your heart or thrill your intellect.