That is so cool!

A friend, looking at a painting I’m working on, said “Cathy, there you are! I can see you in your work. That is so cool! Look at those photos of the Nova Scotia coast then look at what you are painting!” Sometimes it takes some distance from your work to see what you are doing. Painting intuitively, abstractly is like that. I didn’t set out to paint a painting of that coast. I wasn’t aware of what I was doing though I do feel inspired by the landscape where I live. She saw the connection that I didn’t see. I paint intuitively and when it works this is what happens. This why I paint the way I do. It is so cool to see those subliminal connections.