The Creative Life - Barbara Trovillo

“A painting that is well composed is half finished.” – Pierre Bonnard   Have you ever started a creative project that was difficult to finish? This happened to me recently.   One evening, there were very unusual pink clouds in the sky out front.  Often, people ask me if I have really seen the colorful skies in my paintings so I decided to paint them. There is a beautiful ceramic birdbath in the yard I wanted to include. I positioned the hedge to allow space for that.   I put in the sky area, the mountains, hedge and grassy foreground.  I enjoyed painting the red mountains. The [...]

  Do you struggle with the need for Space of your Own? I don't just mean literal, physical space but also the time and aloneness required for creativity?   I have battled with this all my creative life. I married and had children young. I did not even realize my love of painting until I was in my late thirties. By then, my house (and life) was full of responsibility. Through the years, I stole time and space to do art. I would set up in the kitchen or in the corner of my bedroom. I worked late at night or on a weekend [...]