I just want to paint.

Our house is of course a yellow house on the Mississippi River, it's a farmstyle home 20 x 30 with an addition. One of the most important features on our home especially in the Summertime is the front porch. This is Monday June 28th 2010. Last day of vacation. First on the agenda I made breakfast scrambled eggs with spicy chicken, onions, peppers also hash browns. great way to start the day. I am an artist. It took me a long time to call myself an artist because at first it was almost like that was one of my alter egos. I always had it in my head that artists were extreme people, weird . . . probably who dressed differently had bouts of mania and were totally self absorbed. Then I discover yes that is me, different degrees of varying emotions, stability and characteristics daily.

Today though after breakfast I painted. I don't always get that chance because I am also a food server. Yes, I am a 55 year old food server. I would like to say I am an artist first (and some weeks I am) but mostly I spend my energy at a restaurant. I am working on about 5 different paintings now. I recently had some paintings selected to be printed on fabric. I am working on a series of posters based on about 34 characters and another series that is not developed enough to even talk about. The truth is I just want to paint, for a living at least. About midway during the day I took a walk with my husband and the dog, then I did get a little more painting in. Then it was front porch time.