"Femme De L'academie"

In The American in Paris Gallery

Ironically, I learn more about myself, not when I'm painting, but after I complete the painting and I reflect on what the inspiration was.  Painting is a "magical" process.  Sure, I struggle like we all do...  But when I surrender to the creative spirit, I feel as though I cannot take credit for what comes out of me.  In reality, I just "let go" and discover what the creative spirit wants to create.  When this happens, I am just an innocent "by stander" looking at the art of creation, yet while my hands holding the brush is being "guided".  It's a sacred experience, as if I'm in the presence of a "spiritual guide".  The completed painting of an artist's study clearly looks like something I would see in a classical art academy in France.

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