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IDEAS & INSPIRATION
I love painting and doing art work -- it is my soul food! Equally, I love the sea, and being around water. That's why I love the sport of kayaking: I can get closer to the water. My favorite thing to paint is reflections on water. The other thing I have noticed I'm attracted to is how light falls on things. I want to capture that light no matter what the subject.
I feel so fortunate to be living so close to San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The beauty here is amazing. Everyday, I can look out onto the bay see a different scene to paint. I have often said the sky and water is a painting in motion. It's pure magic, changing moment to moment. I will never run out of ideas to paint.
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A DAY AT MY ART STUDIO
Before I start a painting, I usually spend several days searching for reference material or taking my own photographs for the subject. I work up sketches to get the best composition then transfer the sketch to my canvas. I love an early start to the day. I look out my studio window I can see San Francisco Bay. What a sight! Seeing the water sparkle with the sun shining on it. Sailboats, ferryboats, and fishing boats, sailing back and forth, as if it's a rythmic dance of perfect harmony. I putter around tidying up, mixing my colors of paint and selecting music for my CD player.
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| Another favorite activity is to listen to audio books. It can transport me to another world, and before long I have whole sections done on my painting. When I'm in the flow, it's hard to stop even for lunch. But at some point I stop working and take a break, and many times walk down to the beach to soak in the view of the bay and recharge my batteries. I come back to the studio and work until 6:00 pm, sometimes later. I clean up the studio, and go home to relax, eat dinner and socialize with friends. Why do I paint? I have to. It feeds my soul. I'm in heaven when I am painting. |
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artwork © 2010 Kathy A. Gray
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