After painting 15 years, it feels right to call this work that I brought to my first residency a starting point. I was apprehensive bringing it because it was so different from the work with which I applied. The work also wasn't completely finished, but because the finish of the work was my primary concern, I brought it anyway. I have never thought of myself as a figure painter or a genre painter as Tony called it, but I have learned over the years that I need to paint what gets me to the easel. The words of my colleagues were extremely helpful. Even the words that were hard to hear. I plan on working on many of these a bit more when I return home, but I have always liked having many paintings going, all in different stages. This aspect of drying time is something I really enjoy about oil painting, they are alive, and I live with them.
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