Painting in silence.
This is an ariel photo of a Michigan lake from this website. NOt the lake I'm working near, but probably would look similar from above.
Actually when I'm working alone (which is most of the time) I listen to NPR on my Walkman. With my cranial neurons otherwise occupied, the rest of my neurons can paint very efficiently, unhampered by conscious thought.
I enjoy company. But periodically I paint things when the homeowners are away on vacation, which makes things much easier for everyone. Homeowners don't have to put up with paint smell and the general disruption. I can leave my mess around overnight and show up for work at undoGly hours of the morning, if I want to, without having to wake normal people up.
Last Christmas/New Years I painted an entire McMansion while the homeowners were away for almost two weeks, that was great. In the process I found a diamond engagement ring behind a heavy-ass piece of furniture...they'd lost it years ago and figured it gone forever.
I just spent the last two days geting a bunch of work done before the folks got back from Thanksgiving away. They live right on a lake...I got there before it was light and watched the sun come up over the water and the swans waking up...really pretty! I want to live right on the edge of a body of water someday. The only downside I can see (apart from waterfront property anywhere being really expensive) is duck and goose poop all over the yard. The views would make it worth the bother though.
posted by Carina @ 7:19 AM
5 Comments:
duck and goose poop...it is a deterent..but i love to look out on water..ponds, tanks, lakes, creeks, rivers, oceans..you name it..water is good...
dang..did they give you a reward for finding the ring?
No, they should've though huh!
Yes, water is good, living right next to it would be SO col.
I will soon (a few years) live full time on the water. The fun part (and as a painter you will enjoy this) is all the changes in color shading as the sun sets or rises. My pests are raccoons, deer and one copper-head snake. There are others, I am sure, who will interfere with my lifestyle.
I want to live on water, but my spec is for a no-wake lake - which puts the concept into rich man's enclave territory. Sigh.
I'm from Houghton Lake and, as a child, it was fun being able to go swimming whenever you wanted to.
Now, we live on wetland which is fun, too, with all the wildlife. Never a dull moment out here.
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