Nobody Should Care That I Make Three Paintings a Day. That is Why I Make Three Paintings a Day. 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
However, I’m worried about burnout since I recently discovered a little idiosyncrasy about me. That is this:
I always feel the urgent need to finish what I started.
That means my hyperactivity is single-minded. If I say I’ll mow the lawn at 2 p.m. this afternoon for 23 minutes, then exactly that will happen. Giving myself a 20 year long timeline to make 20,000 paintings translates to neglecting all other artistic paths until I am 79 years old. (And also mowing the lawn and brushing my teeth if I’m behind with the picture commitment.)
No, no, no—I’m not quitting the adventure. Nor do I want to scale back either. I guess I could cut down the size of the paper from 18 x 24" to 12 x 16". Also, I must remember that 1,000 paintings per year, at three a day, leaves me 30 days vacation. And, as I’ve mentioned before, I can play “catch up” by making more than three paintings a day and banking the surplus, accruing time off like any respectable corporate employee.
I guess that is where I am now, feeling the grind of painting with no rest in sight. Just like regular people go to work at any official employed abstraction in order to accumulate the greatest abstraction (money) which I have the hardest time getting a hold of as a working artist.
I must take days off when I feel the burn out coming on. Also, I must remind myself that I am producing a massive archive of creative work, a lot that I like and love, and hopefully in the coming decades, others will like and love too. So although I don’t get a paycheck from work, at least I am comforted by the fact that at the end of the day, I get to take home the result of my labor. The insurance adjuster can’t say as much. Nor the cop, dishwasher, astronaut, sales clerk, donut baker, ad infinitum occupations that receive only money to take home.
The one thing that will put a halt to the project is lack of funding. But that’s a story for another day.
Thank you for having a look!
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That I Want to Put a Nose on That Mushroom So Bad Means I Shouldn't 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
