Time to start playing catch up, starting with the last of the "r" month oysters. It seems that my studio time was extremely truncated during April- a steady stream of interruptions, to include the business end of art kept me from focused painting. I mean, marketing and sales are good (keeps one in art supplies) but it sure bites into paint time. Which led to a fair share of daubing, but not anything to be proud of. If I'm not painting like I mean it, I may as well not paint at all.
Going to the commissions at this point is a great way to get back into proper flow- they provide a starting point from which the ball rolls, and after it gets going, the paint takes on a life of its own and voila!
My "signature" piece has long been the little "cherry red" painting, naked pits and all, and most recently it occurred to me if that was sacred love, then of course the maraschino, adulterated with almonds and tarted up with screaming red dye was the profane. Couldn't have it sitting in the garden with a bowl of jewels, like the Titian painting (it sort of is like a jewel itself), but lolling about in a spoon seemed fittin'. Quite the exercise tho', with the way the light comes through the cherry, then of course all the reflections. Didn't make it any simpler putting the whole thing on a metallized green charger. Large fun in a small space!