I've needed some 'productive' distraction the last few days. It's been hard for me to focus on entertainment in general, as I have been glued to the news and thinking constantly about the loss of control over everything in my career. I don't know what the next few weeks look like--this is supposed to be my spring break. I'm supposed to be in Jamaica, I'm supposed to be relaxing....but instead I am obsessively looking at the news. It's bad, I need to stop. I'm trying to make art, and read and go for walks, but my thoughts start spiraling easily and I've been texting constantly with coworkers and friends about all the cancelations and social distancing and just the bleak outlook of the world in general.
I was so happy to stumble on Hyperallergic's View from the Easel. I've been looking at tons of art studio spaces..these 'cribs' inspire me so much. I decided to share my art making space in hopes that it will be an inspiration to others. I've been working on graduate classes in oil painting from the local university. I recently converted the 'sunroom' in the back of our house into a painting studio. This room has been an office, a plant room (in winter), a breakfast nook and even though it houses some of my art supplies now, it is still a catch-all. A place where we line up totes, tools, laundry baskets, before hauling them up to the attic or down to the basement. A few nails in the orange-painted paneling hold smaller, light-weight canvases that are left over from various portrait series I started last semester. The newest and best feature of this room is the Ott light that allows me to work early in the morning or in the evening, after the sun has moved past the south-east side of the house and the room is dark. I enjoy plein air painting, when the weather cooperates and love to set up my easel on the back patio in spring. I am looking forward to a change in weather which allows me to do more of that. I would also love more of a 'wall easel' to allow me to hang up heavier panels and bigger canvases. We have a small, older home built in the 1920s, so I feel lucky to carve out a little space like this with so much natural light.
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