[Mike McCarty]

Hello Mary,

Is it cold up there yet?

I find that there is a point in every painting where you feel that you will never overcome the ugliness that you see before you. You have to fight through this phase. If you can overcome this brutal phase of creation, and work it through to completion, your confidence will grow. When your next painting presents this ugliness and challenges your will you have experience to fall back on. This demon never goes away, but your strength will grow and with each painting your ability to face down the demon grows stronger.

I'm referring to the ugliness of the process, not your painting above. Good Luck.