My life feels like chaos at the moment and I find myself unable to concentrate on anything longer than a short story or a poem. The other day I began a painting that was supposed to be a landscape and I botched it. In a fit of frustration, I covered the ruined canvas with black paint and started grabbing colors at random and dabbing them on. This is the result. I kinda like it –it looks like my mind feels right now.
“We don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents.” – Bob Ross
A wonderful abstract!
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Thanks Holly! ❤️
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You’re so welcome. I would hang that in my best wall! ♥️
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Ahh! That’s awesome! Thanks again!
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I mean it, it’s gorgeous, love the colors. I like to do abstract, I am an artist, my mediums are wartercolor and acrylics, I quit oils long ago, too messy and it takes to long to dry. One day I will put up some of my art. ❤
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Wonderful! I chose to start out with acrylics since most everyone agrees they are the easiest for beginners. One day I’d like to try oil but not till I have a little more confidence. I do hope you post your work! ❤️
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My art is mostly still life. Beach scenes, etc. I haven’t painted in four years, I was painting something different for Robert when he passed away. I haven’t been motivated since then. ❤
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I’m so sorry! 😥 but I can understand. I hope you’ll return to it someday. When you are ready. ❤️
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Thanks Meg. I expect I will, It hard to write and paint too, I don’t know how you do it. But I’m going to give it shot one day, you have inspired me. ❤
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I can’t really do both at the same time either. But usually painting or drawing helps me relax and then maybe inspiration to write will arise from it. Or not! 😜 I’m really stuck right now, actually.
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I can relate. Actually I had stopped writing to paint but found it stressing so I went back to writing. It’s all stressing. Ach! I hope things settle down. 💞
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True, when anything feels like it’s a pressure on you, it loses it’s joy!
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That’s so true. Then it’s a burden. And yet we are compelled! Help!!
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😃😃
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I like it! Looks like a cosmic event.
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Ah that’s awesome! Thank you! 🙏
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Bob Ross is an unheralded GENIUS!
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He really is! 😃
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Bob for President 🇺🇲
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Right on! Bring some mellow sanity to the White House!
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I love it, Meg! Truly ❤️
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Thank you so much Rita!❤️
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I see nothing but positivity in this!
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Thank you, Peter!
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Hahaha! Uncle Bob is correct! 😃
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I love that guy! 😃
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Right? Watching him makes me feel high without even taking a toke. 😃😃
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Exactly! That’s so funny. I describe the same way! 🤣
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😃😃
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It reminds me of water temperature maps put out by NOAA that weather yahoos on the TV sometimes show. The light blues represent one water temperature and the dark blues represent another. Maybe La Meg and Le Meg instead of La Nina and Le Nina. Maybe your sub-conscious was saying “I want a bath tonight. The brownish rust colors represent the northern and south hemispheres. They’re almost the right shapes.
Life is mildly controlled chaos with bits of mayhem tossed in at random occasions to spice things up.
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That’s the cool thing about abstract art… everyone sees something different in it! I like that: the water temperature map. And a bath sounds great! Wish I had one of those big old claw foot tubs. Mine slowly leaks so all baths are rather a waste of water! 😜
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Really beautiful. I love the colors
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Thanks so much!
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You’re welcome xo
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A fitting quote considering the happy accident of this wonderful painting! I love the colors and motion. It makes me thing of a romantic setting reflected on a breeze-rippled pond.
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Ooh! Thank you! I like that interpretation.😃
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It’s very pretty to me! I think you have it right that doing something is better than just waiting for inspiration to strike. What I should be doing is cleaning!
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Haha! I hear that! I have tons of stuff I should be doing instead of painting. But I’m kind of losing my mind so I count it as therapy! Thanks, Dee!
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Hooray for painterly accidents!
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Yes indeed!
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That is gorgeous! I would hang on that on my wall in a heartbeat!
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Thank you so much!
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Really love this painting .
There is something there that just make me feel good. 😊
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I’m so glad! And thank you!
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This is a beautiful accident , i should say. May you have more like this! I am reminded of coral reef.
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I am happy with this accident! And that everyone sees so many different things in it! Thank you!
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I really like the way the painting turned out!
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Thank you so much!
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