This wonderful home is pretty close to where I live. The painting was requested by the homeowner with her children in mind. I like painting pictures of houses, and I will paint yours if you live nearby. On the day I painted this, I was using my new point & shoot camera for the first time. It was in May 2016, before I set the date on the camera. The camera is no longer new; it is scuffed on the edges. I may have dropped it. That was how I finally wore out the old camera - repeated dropping. Meanwhile, I dropped the ball, and despite stating I would blog more often, I have blogged not at all. Something to do with the camera and the date and all the paintings painted between when I dropped the old camera for the last time and May 2016. Or maybe not.
But who needs excuses? Making excuses is not a creative act. It isn't like making paintings, houses, food or babies. It's a little more like making the bed or promises. Excuses are made up of truths and lies and rationalizations. They change nothing.
