A year of Poverty, Painting and Food: Twelve years in catering over, my aim is to paint full time. Stu, my other half, is stuck as a chef feeding the x-thousand over an Edinburgh winter. His cooking tips and budgeting are propelling us through the year on a tenner a day, while I paint.. No comparison to Pablo's talent; I have just named my blog after the Paris studio where he suffered the twin purgatory of poverty and artistic ambition on the cusp.. I am emerging!

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Dare to Hope

That we might just be getting somewhere at last... saw a great property today that would potentially be just exactly what we are looking for. Looking down on the central city skyline from a leafy place.. great light and space, and more importantly that 'good' feeling that some places give you. Feng shui, I guess. So now I am head down and writing, writing, thinking, writing to get the business plan finished, ideas all out of paper. Problem is that they come so thick and fast I sometimes have a job remembering everything. Caught up with excellent and very creative friend today who added fuel to the flames with still more ideas, and also offered practical help in decorating and support; all very welcome. Briefly, tantalisingly, feel as if I could take on the world today, the naysayers, the cynics and doubters. I felt like running today for the first time in a long, long time; so I ran to the supermarket and back. Felt good.
The wolves are behind me now, I can feel them; I am finally in the mood to really write and think my heart out for the sake of our little future. Cross everything you've got.
Oh, and almost forgot - my painting of the Scottish Parliament has been included in a calendar competition I entered; potential for show of pics at the Parliament too and cards/related merchandise. That's all next year's Christmas pressies sorted then:)

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