When you decide on a subject, you are choosing to celebrate something in paint. Whether it's a color or color combination, an outside view, a loved one, or a beautifully shaped piece of fruit...you're communicating.
You're saying....
"I care about this."
"I appreciate this thing I'm painting....
I want to show you what I'm thinking
and then maybe you'll care about it too."
When you've said just enough to get your point across (not too much, mind you... just enough) then you're finished...you sign it, and you can invite others into the discussion.
Sometimes, lets face it... it ends up a rather dull conversation.
But occasionally, your efforts spark a flood of communion and empathy.
We are grateful together.
Those are the golden moments and the thing that keeps me at it. How about you?