Raw paint. Uneasy edges. Patterns of paint colliding together weaving into the surface of this panel. It is there among the texture. A horse painting emerges... easily but with the flow of paint, I entitled it 'uneasy ride'.
First time painters initially struggle to bring content and paint to the canvas. With each day they gain confidence and strength in working with their oils. The biggest hurdle is not to copy or use an image (photo or painting) of another artist. When you realize as a painter that the surface of that canvas holds unlimited ideas, you have arrived. This blank canvas holds the surface of a new world, a new creation... a new painting.
If painting becomes a struggle and not an adventure, it is time to change your perspective. Walk away from whatever is limiting you. You have imposed 'conditions' on yourself and it is time to paint in a new light. When you allow yourself this freedom unexpected worlds open up to you. The journey on the canvas becomes joyful and feels like something you have waited for a long time.
"You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forward I make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known. Isaiah 48:8
