"Tavern"
16" x 20" oil
I think it would be fun to drive across America, looking for old signs, abandoned
gas stations, roadside attractions, diners.....and paint along the way.
I love old signs...neon the most! Every town has a few great Motel signs.
Along the California coast......Highway 1, there's so much along that road to paint, it would be a fun start. The colors....that 50's aqua color is everywhere. Old motels, sun-bleached signs and flowers crawling up everything! The history in small towns is fun too...buildings...cars...the occasional vintage city bus... too cool. I always enjoy looking at city paintings done by artists that live in San Francisco.
Trolley cars, hills and ocean....I'm on vacation just day dreaming about it.
The sign in this painting is in Langley, Washington....I think......or was it Coupeville, Washington....hmmmm. A trip to the area for a painting workshop about 3 years ago, that's when I feel like my paintings really started to take a new direction. That first workshop, what a big step outside my comfort zone that was. Painting with other people around...painting faster than I normally paint......painting people.......all very uncomfortable. But... I'm so glad I had faith in myself and the courage to try something new. I'm so happy with the progress I've made over the past 3 years.....my daydream from the past has become my life now. It's powerful to allow yourself to dream....to mentally visualize the future you wish for. I believe what we think about and daydream about will come true some day.
Think of things you love.....imagine yourself in your perfect world...then start
walking in that direction, it will happen.
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step"
Martin Luther King Jr
