DIARY - Up to me
Date: 2010-04-14 12:23:07
Author: Pat Kent
Blimey, I've just noticed that it's been a bit of time, 3 months in fact, since I wrote anything on here, or to be honest even felt like writing anything, anywhere at all.
To be truthful, the last few months have been more than just a bit of a slog. Building work here continues and the business is as busy as ever. I'm not knocking that fact too much; we've weathered the [possible] worst of a global financial maelstrom well; I hope, we can weather the impending national one we can expect here in the UK if one of the opposition parties were to gain power and try some stupid short term financial fixes to keep a small bunch of electors happy.
Thanks to all for enquiring as to what has happened. Added to the above I've also been a bit preoccupied with personal issues and feel rather badly let down by others. All of which have not put me in the best place to start drawing or painting.
I long to paint, but have an inherent fear of starting something and not finishing it or buggering it up. I don't like failure, so much so, I don't do failure. However, my frustration at a lot of things is making me feel that maybe I am 'not suceeeding' more quickly than normal!
A few weeks ago I took my first small steps towards undertaking some 'real' painting. The sort of stuff I really want to do, portraiture, life painting etc. I'll still do some of the stuff that I did in the past on the site, but mainly they will be those that I get requests for, via the site.
I've added a couple of images of the underpainting of these two pieces and I'll try and post details of how they progress, These are very much trial pieces for me and so they may not even get finished, particulalrly if my disillusionment with things kicks back in. I'm trying to drive myself through this patch and make something positive happen, not sure if it will be that successful but I suspect it will show in how these pictures progress.
Hopefully our building work here will finish soon and I can empty the 'studio' space of all the boxes that have crowded me out for months [in truth a couple of years] and reclaim the space. There's a couple of pictures attached which show the tiny corner of the 'studio' where I am now trying to do some work.
I have also been asked, and accepted, to become part of the team running one of, if not the best, global Jethro Tull discussion boards on the web. The board isn't just a bunch of old fans talking about past glories and worshipping the band; it provides intelligent, yet humourous, discussion on a wide and very diverse range of topics, not just Tull. It is run from the USA and the principle guys who run it are broad minded and open to any contribution. Feel free to drop by, the link is on my 'links' page.
So, I'm in the process of trying to absorb as much of the limited Vitamin D that's around in the UK at the moment to rejuvenate myself enough to drive my business along at the pace it deserves and to reinvigorate myself to get stuck into a few other projects which have sat on the shelf for far too long.
You can't rely on others to do the right thing, in the end it's always 'up to me', so I better get on with it.
All the best
Pat K
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