{party girl} 5 x 5 in.
I started with 8 people on my daily painting list, two of which were my mom and Sean.
Now there are hundreds more than 8 of you, and this post is for you.
If you know me in person, than you know I’ve been "threatening" this for a couple of years now. :)
If you know me online or through my daily paintings email list, than you know that my daily paintings are now usually weekly paintings, because of all the projects I have going on.
I spent last year getting organized and learning how to find more balance in my life. And I did.
What I realized is that it’s not that I’m not organized, it’s not that I don’t how to find balance, it’s that I am simply trying to fit too many things into one stage of my life at any given time.
Everything has it’s season. And almost a full three years into my daily painting venture, it’s time for this season to come to a close.
Now before this is misunderstood in any way shape or form. I AM NOT stopping painting or finishing them in a day for that matter, but I AM stopping the commitment to them via daily emails and on this blog.
I ADORE painting and will probably never stop, in fact I will miss sharing them with you within minutes of creating them, but I and my business have expanded and it’s time for "us" to explore other things that will also be creatively fulfilling and fun.
The other truth is that I have my first solo show at a gallery here in Los Angeles a mere two months away, in May!!!!! I haven’t made an official announcement about this yet, but it is certainly a reason that my present painting efforts need to be directed towards that effort. I’m also looking forward to spending some time painting LARGE.
With all of that said. Let me repeat, I will still be painting. And those of you follow me here at my blog will still get first view of the ones I will be sharing publicly. I will still release them for sale but most likely at a one time update every 6 weeks or so. Some will also still be released as prints at my shop. To those of you on my daily painting email list ~ if anything painting related comes up that would interest you, I promise to keep you posted. (to those of you on my list, thank you for your support of these last few years :))
One of my many bios floating out there says "I am an entrepreneur who will never be boxed in." ~ It’s true.
And I have to admit, that while it’s a little bit scary to make this transition of leaving behind what was also the very beginning/the foundation of the Creative Thursday you all have come to know ~ it is mostly exciting! This is one of those times, where while I don’t have all the details of the next step fully filled in ~ I have a general idea and I’m open to the rest. I just know it’s time.
Like I advise so many of you, who drop me an email asking about these kinds of transitions, I simply try to follow my heart and trust that by doing so, I will always be headed in the direction that is right for me...and then I just take it from there.
Posted by: Shanon | 03/03/2009 02:44:10 PM