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5/21/2010 10:52:21 AM

Paid With A Brownie

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Topics: acrylic painting
Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio, Jefferson, Iowa, where at the moment the sky is gray.  But!  The weather people are telling us nice warm sunshine for the afternoon.  Maybe tipping 90 degrees for the weekend.  Yay!

By now, you are wondering about that title, "Paid With A Brownie", aren't you?  Paid.  I did.  I was.  Let me explain.  This morning I added three extra blocks to my morning run.  I know---pshaw.  That's nothing.  But it made me happy.  And I decided to pay myself for the extra effort.  A brownie.  Oh wait, you don't understand, do you?  These brownies were baked fresh last night.  And we dumped in a whole bunch of white chocolate chips.  As if a brownie isn't chocolate enough already, eh? 

It's kind of like the painting I'm working on.  It's of a beach cafe up at Arnolds Park, Iowa.  It will hopefully finish up in time for my exhibit which opens at the WineBarArtGallery in Arnolds Park, a week (eek) from today.  For some reason, maybe diligence?, I was being pretty faithful to the true setting of this cafe.  It's a view from the west, looking into the open side of the cafe and through to the back where you can see the greenspace, called Preservation Plaza.  It's a lovely view, but it wasn't working for this painting.  So I did the unthinkable.  I painted over the greenspace.  It was a tough decision.  We've enjoyed many a great concert on that greenspace.  But it was right for the compositon of the painting.  And then I decided to give myself a treat.  You know, like pay myself for the tough decision.  I painted the floor of the cafe red.  Dang, it's almost as good as a brownie.  It's good to pay yourself for the tough decision, don't you think?  Especially when there's a painting involved  :)  Must be time to get back to work. 

Later, Cooper

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1 Response to Paid With A Brownie

I love the idea of paying yourself for adventurous behavior with further adventure..

Also like the food idea... One must not be too generous in this way, however.... Or one might end up looking more like the building you might be painting.

Posted by Marian Fortunati · via karencooperpaintings.com · 197 months ago

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