I don't know if anyone still reads LJ, but I thought I would post here though this is also on my wordpress blog (http://www.spiralfirestudio.com/blog/)

At long last, I've begun drawing again.  It has not been easy.  As you probably have read, the completion of the deck too a lot out of me.  To recap, though I finished painting late in June, I had to work on the formatting and all the publishing and production odds and ends.  Anyway, after the deck released in October, I was utterly spent.  I seriously spent a solid month just sleeping and watching tv, and avoiding email...

My birthday came and went on December 1, then of course the holidays.  All this time I have struggled to draw.  I sat at the art desk and nothing came.  No inspiration, no images that just begged to be painted, nothing.  So finally, I started reconsidering the art that I love - the Pre-Raphaelites.  I decided to get some new reference photos, which my friend Becca was so kind to pose for.  Then last night, it happened.  I sat down and found an image and an idea, and I drew it.  Drew the picture, liked it and moved it to the art board.  Yes, tonight I finally painted.

The painting is the first large painting I have done in a long time.  Not since I used acrylics have I painted something this size.  I don't know why, I was just possessed to use a large canvas.  Do you like it?  It's only just begun of course, and now I type this while I wait for the canvas to dry.  One thing I'm finding with using a large sheet of paper is that it bubbles up and ripples up worse than a smaller canvas.  I hope this dries flat.  I also hope this doesn't suck.