When Life Gets Tough, Paint.

Lately, life has been really tough.  When life gets tough, I get painting.

This picture was inspired by another painting I saw by an artist named Paul Sinus.  It came at a time when someone I went to high school with got into a serious car accident.  He may or may not survive, and even though we didn't know each other well, I felt deeply affected by his tragedy.  

"Vanished"

9x12

Oil on canvas

“Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.”
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We are all pulling for you Max, hang in there.

This picture represents the most difficult day of my life.  In the past two days, I've lost, and I've loved.  When I started this painting I was helpless, afraid, and angry.  But sometime during the course of painting this, everything changed.  Instead of anger and fear I was overcome by love.  A love that will never falter, or fail.  A love that has been tested to the breaking point, and still survived.

"Engulfed"

20x20

Oil on canvas

"Love is a spirit all compact of fire."
--William Shakespeare

Love is a spirit composed of fire.  It can be jealous, or it can be warm.  Love can be like smoldering ashes, or it can be a flame as bright as day.  Love can stand the test of time if it is cared for and fed.  Love can burn you, or it can save your life.  Luckily for me, it was the latter.  His love saved me, and I'll never forget that.

I love you Nick.