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"Safely Away"
Completed my latest and pretty much had it sold before the paint was dry. What a great feeling when the right person connects with your art and values it enough to WANT it in their home. Big thanks to my collector Emili who will be getting her lovely egrets this week. Dropped the painting off for proper photography yesterday and will be offering prints soon. 

Emili visited the studio to peep her new acquisition! 
It has been awhile since I've gotten to work on my personal paintings and it felt great- flowed naturally and reminded me...THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING DING DONG!
Its sooo easy to get lost in the business of business. Swept away in the hustle and strife....but that ain't life! So actively making time for my art on top of the "making rent" work I do-is necessary. And its nice being actively collected and sought after without a gallery even getting involved. If I could keep this up-how fantastic! 
I originally was invited to submit for a very lucrative thing (not tellin) and it pushed me to paint the egrets and get back to my work so I would have the work to submit. Excited I was noticed and personally invited but I'm not going to kill myself to make it happen because in a lot of ways Im already making it happen- on my terms and without a middle man. So I consider that a WIN but ...still not gonna drop the ball- producing is MAJOR right now.
Work is poppin' and thats great because I have a few expenditures coming up. One is NEW EYEBALLS.
Yes Im sad to say my eyesight of late is blurry and not the sharp vision it used to be. I notice it when Im painting and often times just have to stop work because my eyes feel overworked and really blurry.
New glasses are in my future. And paying off some debts.
So work, work, work...how we do! So any sales of prints, shoes, ART (first and foremost) will help get me some new eyes so I can keep painting and not be Morocco Mole!
Early morning doctors appointment to make sure my blood pressure is trending downward- self employment stress plus hormone wackness is for the birds!
Deep breathing and don't stress it- it's gotta be that way!
I'll let you guys know when you can pre-order prints this week 🌺 have a great Tuesday!

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