A day off? Never! But great new toys.

 Studio lemons in a glass bowl (work in progress)

Acrylic on cradled birch panel

12 x 12 inches

Barbara Muir © 2014-17

People picture the artist's life as one of glorious leisure.

We paint for fun, and work when we want. Ah uh ah uh -

Nope.  Stop the discussion right there!  I'm not complaining

and neither would most of my artist friends, but truth

to tell -- days off are rare.  And even then we don't get

a day off!  The reason is a combination of our eyes (try

not to see the gorgeous tulips I bought to paint today),

and our compulsion to make something.  You can't

stop us.

Brief post today.  I was rearranging and found this

lovely lemon painting that I'll keep working on when

I have a chance in the next few weeks.  There isn't much

left to do to finish it.

New Tulips 

Acrylic markers on paper

4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Plus I bought some more acrylic markers just as the store

was closing.  I ran around driving everyone crazy because

they'd moved.  Came home and drew a few drawings with them

-- here's the latest. (Tip -- I was hurrying to get the colours I

wanted and did not notice that the blue is sparkly -- so check

the labels.)

Have an enjoying-the-work-you-do day.