I wouldn’t call myself a control freak or even a perfectionist.  Instead, I’d say I’m kind of an obsessive over-achieving procrastinator – and that right there is BY FAR cooler to say.  Now, for the sake of clarity, let’s just remember that to  “over-achieve” there must be rules, guidelines and/or expectations set beforehand or it would be impossible to go above, beyond or “over” the standard.

It is for this reason that abstract painting has always perplexed me.  Sure there are some rules as far as mixing colors, mediums and which brushes give you the best effect for what  – and then with a strong knowledge of the “rules” you can break them and create beautiful surprises or accidents.  But that’s about it.  There are no rules!!  You just slop some paint on a canvas and VOILA it’s art.  C’est impossible!

I really enjoy painting but I have yet to master the ability to let go of my structured views of the world in order to paint abstract versions of reality.   This is why #2 on my 101 list is to complete 3 abstract-ish paintings.  It’s time for me to let go.

My little (6’4″ tall brother) ScottPete has got to be one of the absolute coolest little brothers on the face of this Earth and in all of history.  So tonight, out of the goodness of his heart, he had a little one-on-one time with his sis (that’s me!) and we worked on my 101 list.  What did we do?  We painted.  Oh yes.

This is what we came up with after one hour of painting.  LOL!!!  We’ll do a second set tomorrow.  And a third later this week and then YAY!!  I can cross #2 off my list.

I’ll let you guess whose is whose. 

We’ll see if tomorrow’s efforts produce better results …