[Tom Edgerton]

Wow, Michele, this is an amazing comparison, and amazing progress.

Kim--

Oil painting is hard, and the longer I paint, the harder it gets. Richard Schmid has remarked that when you become a painter, you take on something that can never be mastered. But that's no reason not to try. He also remarks that the solution many times is not to speed up, but to slow down. I've found my speed has increased slowly but naturally, as I have to repaint things less often because I get them right sooner now.

As to being easily satisfied in your work--it's simply death. You need a healthy dissatisfaction with everything you paint. Note the operative word here is "healthy." It's a highwire balance between self-confidence and relentless objectivity with oneself.

But again, if it were easy, there'd be no museums.

Back to work. Me too.

Best--TE