a few of the other paintings in this series

i LOVE this nest, i don't know why

 here are some of the other birds and nests in the series, they are thumbnails so very tiny i know- i have discovered that i need to color separate them then recombine them for the best images!

i have to say i do love what i do, i know that there are times when i am convinced that i can't paint my way out of a paper bag with a road map, but when it's working well for me, i truly do love what i do. it's so meditative for me- one of my friends tells me that what i do is my form of prayer and she just may be right. i feel so great when i finish a painting that is working. now that being said- if i don't think it's working i will not hesitate to recycle a painting. everyone gets so upset when i do that, but i think at some point, you need to trust your eye enough to say.....'this is crap and it's gone' or 'i can do better' or even 'this is really good let's stop now before we f* it up'
(and i have said all that and more at times)

i am actually painting the continuation of the crow series right now, while i work on this video for kickstarter, and i am up to number 10, although 9 has yet to be laid out.
this voice over is harder then i expected, so i keep hoping i will dream it. i love when i dream things out.
i have a few more series that i will start after out of the nest, and the crow series. but i enjoyed out of the nest so much, i do plan on a second 'out of the nest' series next year.
so i hope i get this video done soon, i don't feel too bad about it at the moment, as school just started and a lot of folks are busy getting thier offspring out of the nest so to speak. but i really hope next week or so to go live
bug me ok?