Monday, June 13, 2011

GUILTY PLEASURES

The contractor was stopped dead in my living room staring at the floor.  "What's that?" he said gesturing at my closed french easel.  My guilty conscience clicked right in.  I thought he was pointing at the little contraption I had made from a boosted a piece of the aluminum siding wrap he had left in my garage. For a while now, I had conjured in my mind this little shelf addition to my easel .  When I saw the raw material sitting right there, I seized the opportunity.

I got my tin snips and pliers and set to work.  O.K. so it's not perfect but it will do the trick.
This should make my plein air painting sessions a little more organized.  Ideally this should fit right in the art box but my guilty confiscation of raw material did not allow time for measurement.  The exstacy of a dream fulfilled.

Creativity got the best of me.  Sometimes I just can't help myself.  Painting is not all about the results, it's as much about the process.
My contractor didn't mention the little shelf but I felt he was glaring at it and waiting for an explanation.  I remained silent.  The truth is, I couldn't help myself.


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