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Alicia Kornick · 08-18-2002, 01:32 AM

Mari,

I was intrigued to learn that you are a chef. I also have a Personal Chef business that I started a few months ago. Besides painting, I love to cook. I have found that I do better when I don't follow the recipe exactly. I am trying to be the same with painting, that is striving to be looser and more creative.

Thanks, but I don't consider myself to be a talented photographer. I am glad when I do get a great shot, but I consider it to be luck more than talent. Glad you like the South. There are four live oaks in my front yard, along with Magnolias, roses and scads of other plants. One hour away is New Orleans and fifteen minutes away are the dairy farms on rolling green hills. I keep wanting to paint those spotted COWS!

I find the more I learn about painting, the more there is to learn. A friend of mine who is a professional artist told me a story she read about a famous artist. Can't remember who it was, but he was delivering a painting in his station wagon and he kept looking at it and worrying over it. Claiming how he should have done this or that to make it better and how he tormented himself over it. She has a quote in her studio that says "Each painting is like a disease that I must suffer through and overcome". How true it is.

Have a relaxing and safe trip and enjoy the cows. Check in when you return.

08-18-2002, 01:32 AM	#16
Alicia Kornick Juried Member Joined: May 2002 Location: Hammond, LA Posts: 265	Mari, I was intrigued to learn that you are a chef. I also have a Personal Chef business that I started a few months ago. Besides painting, I love to cook. I have found that I do better when I don't follow the recipe exactly. I am trying to be the same with painting, that is striving to be looser and more creative. Thanks, but I don't consider myself to be a talented photographer. I am glad when I do get a great shot, but I consider it to be luck more than talent. Glad you like the South. There are four live oaks in my front yard, along with Magnolias, roses and scads of other plants. One hour away is New Orleans and fifteen minutes away are the dairy farms on rolling green hills. I keep wanting to paint those spotted COWS! I find the more I learn about painting, the more there is to learn. A friend of mine who is a professional artist told me a story she read about a famous artist. Can't remember who it was, but he was delivering a painting in his station wagon and he kept looking at it and worrying over it. Claiming how he should have done this or that to make it better and how he tormented himself over it. She has a quote in her studio that says "Each painting is like a disease that I must suffer through and overcome". How true it is. Have a relaxing and safe trip and enjoy the cows. Check in when you return. __________________ Alicia Kornick [email protected]