Not literally of course, but every painter knows that time when the image held in the mind refuses to appear on canvas. What to do? All those working drawings, all those photographs perfectly exposed have been cast aside. Postcards stuck on the wall have been ignored. Now comes the time to walk the tightrope, to trust your judgement. Hours of laboured painting rapidly disappears, you are now walking a fine line. Will the image get away from you? It is high stakes, a gamblers instinct. The day will either end in disaster or the image will appear miraculously.
Why not walk the tightrope?. When so much in our daily lives is routine and humdrum, why not choose to be surprised?
Bird in a tree 12. At the end of day 2.