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Gotta get painting!!!

Thu Oct 8, 2009, 8:38 PM

It is october! I should be doing my art but my arthritis and my self doubting has me spinning my wheels!!!! I NEED TO PAINT!!!! I have only finished three small pieces of artwork this year, and I'm letting my opportunities, my talent and my art career slide away. I am so frustrated and angry at myself......I don't even doodle on pieces of paper out of boredom. I have fourty or more great ideas and thumbnails in my "idea book" but I cannot proceed past that point.......

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Mood: Distressed
Listening to: my cockatoo talk to a reflection in a water dish
Reading: the writing on the wall
Playing: mind games
Drinking: chocolate milk

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BYW-I love critiques, both giving and recieving, so please bring them on. I was a teacher at one point and I foung that it is best to start with a compliment

Devious Info

Current Residence: Black Diamond Alberta, Canada
Interests: Horses, Art, Reading, Gardening, photography
Favourite movie: Lion King/ Dances With Wolves/ Glory/ Superbad/ 40 Year Old Virgin/ Blazing Saddles/ Oliver And Comp
Favourite genre of music: It varies
Favourite artist: Fred Stone
Favourite poet or writer: Stephen King, Jesse Colt
Favourite photographer: Barbara Livingstone
Favourite style of art: Mine (no ego here;)
Favourite cartoon character: Dodger from Disney's Oliver and Company
Tools of the Trade: My brain...Mwahahahaha

Email: downhomesunset@hotmail.com

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~saudimack Oct 24, 2009, 8:52:53 PM

Thanks for the watch and favs!
Finally, someone that understands the sport (and art!) of rodeo!

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The true sign of a pro is not that they never make a mistake but how they hide them....

~downhomesunset Oct 26, 2009, 9:30:45 PM

Its not hard to understand if you have an open mind-hence the problem! Most cannot realise that this is not sport but a way of life! I live near Calgary-so there is always bitching about the Chuckwagon Racing as well. I absolurely adore it.....do you have any in your area? We have lots of room if you ever want to come and see it. It is best to go to High River, or other close locales. You get the same guys/ same outriders and horses without worrying about whether or not you can get close> I am also friends with the #2 Rodeo Clown in the world-Dennis Halstead. He gets me into places that only he can get people. Really friendly folks!!!

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-Gouache can be a watercolourists best friend....

~saudimack Oct 27, 2009, 6:31:14 AM

Nope we dont have any chuckwagon races around here, or that I know of. I think we use to when the Ellensburg Rodeo was fairly new, but Im sure it got outlawed or something. I was always interested in to going to one! What neat photos!

I totally agree about the open mind thing. I get people on here bashing ME. Really... how is that going to solve anything? lol

I need to make it up to Calgary sometime for sure though.

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The true sign of a pro is not that they never make a mistake but how they hide them....

~downhomesunset Oct 28, 2009, 10:38:11 PM

Most bashers lash out at whatever is convenient-unfortunately it's you. The safety measures that have come about in the last 20-30 years are totally ignored. Come on people! Why do you think that the steer that these guys are roping has protective gear on! You just have to see some chucks...you would not know where to point your camera! The excitement is elecrifying.the offer of a place to stay stands-like I said 4 beds and one couple......room for visitors. I will post some rodeo art and photos soon!

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-Gouache can be a watercolourists best friend....

~saudimack Oct 29, 2009, 9:49:43 PM

haha sounds like a good deal! Im sure one day I will make it up there. But college (and a horse and dog) keep me pretty tied down. But thanks again for the offer! Hard to pass up!

And you're exactly right! There are SO many safety regulations these stock contractors have to go through.. believe me, the last thing they want is to get an animal hurt. Thats their livelihood!

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The true sign of a pro is not that they never make a mistake but how they hide them....

~InTheShadows-00 Oct 10, 2009, 6:03:08 AM

Thanks for the

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You're getting closer to pushing me off of life's little ledge. Cause I'm a loser, and sooner or later you know I'll be dead.

They'll never be good to you, bad to you. They'll never be anything, anything at all. This isn't me, I'm not mechanical.