A wet paint brush full of color slides across my paper and I am in the zone. The blissful, peaceful zone of creating. I am engrossed in the process and hopeful with anticipation for grand results. Ha! It isn't always grand! So I come back again and again hoping for grand. Inspiration is always with me. It can be a cast shadow, or the naturally occurring patina of anything old. Sometimes its just the irony of one object in an unusual place. I'm often stuck on just one color and look for it...more