Collected and Gone

I have already posted about my racing car being sold, but today it was collected.  It is officially gone.  I know that I should be please but I somehow feel slightly flat about the whole thing.  I love that the buyer was so pleased with it, but it still feels slightly strange knowing that I may never see it again.  This morning over breakfast the kids asked what we had planned for today and when I said that the buyer was coming they asked if they could have a photo of it so that it was not forgotten.  I had never previously thought about how they had views the pieces.  They have seen them from birth to final form and in many ways they have got used to them always being around.  I think they will miss the painting more than me.  Until this morning I thought that they did not think too long on what I did, they always had an opinion, but it never occurred to me that they may actually in some ways be attached to the paintings.

I am starting work on a new one today.  It is smaller and really colourful with only two layers it is going to striking rather than complicated.  I like the image, I hope that everyone else will wonder exactly what it is that is off to the left of the image….. But enough of that, you can judge it when you see it.  For now it is about creating a new piece to fill a gap.  It is about building another image which will hopefully be as desired as the one just sold.

The sun is out and it is a glorious day, I shall not waste a moment of this great light, the french window is open and my saw if calling.