self portrait

Today was kind of busy. I should have got more done this weekend but I spent yesterday wallowing in self pity for the better part of the morning. However, wasting that much time is depressing in and of itself so today I was much busier. I got the studio (house) in order, got new brushes with comfy handles, got a camera so I can post my progress on things as well as some of the landscapes that inspire me, and dropped off 8 pieces for the Muddy Creek Artist Guild show. For more information about the show, you can visit my website; http://www.samlennon.net/.

I made sketches of my self portrait this morning. Yesterday afternoon I saw an engaging root structure for a split trunk tree as I was driving to go on a trail ride with a friend. I wanted to try to incorporate those roots into my self-portrait. The portrait is only supposed to be 8 x 10 so I’m not able to get the detail that I want. I’m certain that those roots will come into my work sometime in the future.

After the sketches I ran all my errands and then came home to get ready to go for a ride on Pie and take some pictures. Unfortunately, when I got there Pie had just finished kicking down a fence with his back legs and scraping them up pretty bad. My nephew Haden was going to come by just for a visit but I in the end I gave Haden a bareback ride around the farm. It was nice because I was able to get the pictures I wanted, spend time with my nephew, and make Pie walk a bit to keep him from getting too stiff.

I ended the day working on the collage part of the self portrait, I may not finish this and will simply move on to pieces that are of more interest to me but it is always good to work on something on somedays, even if I end up thinking it’s crap. After the portrait I did some sketches and may start one of them before my two large pieces that are in the works.