A real crisis

[Tom Edgerton]

Patty--

Every painting goes through a period of looking pretty bad. When I first started painting, this used to throw me. Now I've built up enough working history and self confidence to know that if I take a breath and keep going, things will sort themselves out.

I paint badly when I'm tired. Forcing the painting at that point usually makes the process go from bad to worse. I either quit for the day, or put that painting against the wall and work on something else. When I come back to it, things go better.

Trusting all of this, and knowing myself and how I work, has reduced the times I've had to start over to the point where it's fairly rare.

All best--
Tom