It's rainy and cool in the garden these days. Things move fast and I just didn't get around to drawing or painting any of the leaves while they were still pretty. It could take a lifetime to really capture this place the way I'd like to. Each year I try to capture various plants, flowers or berries but there's seldom time to make more than a couple of drawings or start a painting of anything before it's gone.
It's easy to see why people just don't understand what motivates me or why I keep chasing the dream after all of these years.
A lot more goes into a painting than you'd ever see in a photograph. Often it's more about the WHO's painting than it is about WHAT's being painted.
A well captured subject can be around for hundreds of years. A lot of bad art happens in pursuit of that dream. Some of us just feel driven try to create the one painting that says everything in a few strokes. It makes no sense to anyone, it just is.
The art, crafts and garden of Julia Morrill. You can see the many products made by Julia at http://www.zazzle.com/julia_art*
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