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This might sound weird. It's hard to know, but here goes. (The last sentence will make sense of it, if the rest doesn't. Maybe writing it is therapuetic for me?) The last two years have been hell on my career. The troubles started with a divorce, and a move to Taipei (I've spent most of my adult life in Asia) and then Naples looking for inspiration. My colors became darker, and with that sales dramatically dipped. (Although portraiture is my first love, most of my income comes from still-life sales.) I moved back to California to try to restart my career and had a bit of success with sales, but all in all I was in a $25,000+ credit card debt. I was either forced into bankrupcy or working a "job" full time and losing my career. So, I moved again. This time to Shanghai so that I could teach English part-time and gradually come out of debt. It is working, and all of last year was spent painting about three hours a day. Reading, teaching and recovering.
The thought that I have in writing this, is that the question of time management may be answered with a stretch of the imagination. We can try to go beyond what we consider our lifestyle, and thus put ourselves in a position to be able to paint more. (That was the part that was supposed to make sense of this thread. I hope it did, or maybe I have to digest it more.)
Good luck to all as it at times feels as if all of the powers of nature are trying to pull us out of our studios.
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