Ladies In Waiting

It has been 15 years since I opened that first tube of watercolor, probably cheap student grade. I picked up watercolor for the first time when I turned 40 (and had 2 babies under 2 years old).  My first teacher said something that shaped my very existence as an artist.... "Don't ever throw anything away" (referring to our paintings). What was meant as a blessing, has become a burden. The count would be embarrassing - I have hundreds and hundreds of paintings (which I must add here-means that I work hard at my craft).

So today, I jumped in and sorted them (the ones in my studio-ignoring the hundreds in the garage). I snapped pics of every category. I like the piles. They look nice. They look neat. They say... "someone thought this out", "we are important", "something good is going to happen to us" and the one I love to hear my art say, "we are off the floor and we won't be slept on by the cat anymore".

"Ladies In Waiting" is what I call the pile of paintings I don't really have a vision for right now, but I can't part with. They will be beautiful, they will be the bride someday, but today they are "Ladies in Waiting". I even labeled them such to make the wait not so painful, and to give them hope.

Yes, you have noticed it. I personify my paintings. So here is a album of the persons that reside in my studio.

Watch for my paintings on Etsy. i will be letting go of those Ladies In Waiting soon.