Waiting on Him

Do you ever leap before you look? -->  I like to push myself with my art. It keeps things interesting.

When I stopped into 200 Main Art & Wine to drop off artwork a few weeks ago, Sean suggested wine-inspired art. The sparkle in his eyes showed me he was excited. NOT one to just ‘jump in’, I told him I was interested…. And left to go see the Eau Claire Public Library’s art exhibit. Lol.

Aaaand the entire drive down there, I thought – wine-inspired is okay, but I want it to be Sean’s wine – wine that he’s hand-selected from his collection. It needs to be SPECIAL.

I drove back down to 200 Main and explained myself to Sean. Yes! He loved the idea and loaded me up with all sorts of wine and corks.

The glitch? I don’t drink wine. HENCE – I have no way to open the bottles of wine. XO THAT is what I had to explain to my neighbor Susie when I got home and couldn’t open anything. Susie showed me an electric bottle opener that demonstrated that she DOES drink wine. Ha! – gotta love a good neighbor to help out in a pinch.

TONS of photographs later – and I had to toss most of them. The lighting was horrid. I didn’t have the skills with my camera yet, so that was an issue. BUT --  there were a few gems. Gorgeous pieces that I just hoped I could paint in a way that made them outstanding.

This piece! –

‘Waiting on him’ 10x10 oil on panel. The blues and blue-greens are subtle and peaceful. I get the feeling that there will be lots of great conversation whenever the wine gets opened. What do you think? What’s the story?