Cooper is done !

A fresh coat of semi gloss varnish covers my painting today creating a lovely soft finish . Tomorrow I will mount the hanging hardware and begin looking for a box for shipping . Four months , one painting . Emotions are mixed with disappointment and pride. This size painting would normally have taken the old Pam a month . The new Pam takes four months . The Pam of six months ago could not even have painted it. So I am humble and thankful at the same time .

As I was varnishing cooper today , I wonder to my self if my art has change ? My life has change , I am no longer old Pam . I will never be old Pam. Hard to look that one in the face , but illness changes you . I do think my art has change , my brush strokes are softer, as my strength is not the same . I do see more of my heart, on the canvas , maybe more vulnerable as illness does this.

My desire to paint has not change , it is still there, calling me . My passion is strong , but my body is not always willing . So on that note I am proud to write I will be shipping cooper home this week . My first painting of 2013.