Is anyone as much of the paint slob as I am?

[Richard Monro]

I confess. I am a paint slob. I tend to work on larger panels. My current painting is 30" x 56". After I have worked out my composition, I slash on the paint to block in the color with the result that I get paint on myself, the floor and occasionally the wall.

Knowing this rather exuberant side of myself, I put in a WilsonArt, burled cherry, high-pressure laminate floor in my studio. It is almost impervious to anything I can do to it. I can even use acetone to clean paint off the floor without doing any damage to the floor. Unfortunately I seem to be doing too much cleaning. So back to the old rug trick.

As I was walking through the Great Indoors store, I saw they had a beautiful 6' x 8' Karistan oriental rug marked down from $700 to $90. It now lives under my Hughes 4000 easel. My only problem is, that it is so beautiful, I find myself being more cautious as a painter. I think I'm just going to have to throw some paint on the rug and get it over with.

Is there anyone else as much of a paint slob as I am?