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Wait A Minute

2/16/2019

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"Wait a Minute" - mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas, 24" x 24" x 1.75". Ready to hang. Available here and at Artfinder.

​It was BEAR WRESTLING WEEK in the seascapes course!  Working on clouds and sea meeting sky - and wrestling paint and my own impatience day after day.  And what I learned (or rather, was reminded of again) is to step away from the painting, contemplate and WAIT just a GOSH DARN MINUTE before making any more moves.

Which happened to take place at the same time my son's a cappella group was singing Willow Smith's "Wait a Minute" at the quarter finals in Florida.  Which they won handily.  Now how on EARTH could these things be connected? 

Well, patience and waiting, for one.
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And the sometimes surreal mental exercise which painting can be (6th dimension anyone?) and clouds.  Just sitting in a cloud, oh wow.  So if you'd like to tap your feet and groove a little to this upbeat and odd little number, click on the link below.

The piece finally came together in a big, wonderful way.  Whew!  A little rest is in order.

​Note: no bears were harmed in the making of this piece of art.  Unless you count mental bears.  Several of those are now hog-tied in the studio. :)



​Wait a minute!

I think I left my conscience on your front door step
Wait a minute!
I think I left my consciousness in the 6th dimension
But I'm here right now, right now
Just sitting in a cloud, oh wow
6 Comments
Susan Strawbridge
2/17/2019 09:07:54 pm

Beautiful painting, Jen!!!!

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jen
2/18/2019 12:23:14 pm

ooooh thank you, Susan! I am learning more every day....including bear-wrestling! haha!

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Carol Edan
2/17/2019 11:37:22 pm

On that burst of yellow! Glad you waited a minute or more! Love your new palette!

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jen
2/18/2019 12:23:52 pm

Thanks a bunch, Carol! Busting out of everything, including my "safe" paints. :)

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Dotty Seiter link
2/18/2019 07:10:08 pm

this piece invites me to do two distinct and compelling things:

1. to step back and take in how this piece came together in a big, wonderful way, to come to a complete stop just a gosh darn minute in stillness and awe

2. to step in up close and personal to explore and and investigate and wonder: how jen do this scrape, that stroke, these layers, those rays of light

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jen
2/18/2019 07:53:33 pm

Dotty! This waiting thing is just exactly what I need to learn. STOP! LOOK! Wait. Walk away. Then come back and tackle the bear again.

I may have a future as a bear wrangler. People may feel compelled to watch. ha ha!

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