happy new year :) 2009

I have spent much of my holiday vacation in the studio working. Since all of my paintings are away at a gallery I have got to get some new pieces underway to show. The study for the koi is proving very popular and lots of people inquire about it.

Right now I am painting a beetle just for fun on an 18 x 24 canvas and all my studio mates are just starting to see how I build layers of color toward a finished piece... that somehow the whole beetle is not right there in the first place:) (I always have to smile at peoples' reaction to the fact that at first the painting doesn't make a lot of sense.... you have to wait for it.) I leave the easel turned toward the display window at night so that event visitors can peek as well.



The last few weeks have been such a whirlwind that I am a bit surprised that we have so suddenly come upon the threshold of 2009, and here it's already begun. I never really got to prepare.... but maybe that is for the best. Let's dive in head first. Nothing profound, I am just going to continue to work hard. As it turns out 2008 was an extremely eventful year and I really like the direction that my creative life is moving in. I want to focus on this creativity in 2009, and finding out a bit more about just who it is that I am now. I want to make the best use of this studio opportunity to the fullest possible extent and paint and explore and grow.

Happy New Year to you and PEACE for each and every one.


LIFE Magazine - Nina Leen