What they never told me…

Something nobody tells you about making art.

Every painting starts with fear. Excitement too, they live right next door to each other. But fear shows up first.

Fear that it won’t be good enough. That I’ll fail myself. That I’ll put in all that effort and hate what comes out.

I’m a recovering perfectionist. Perfectionism is probably still winning most days.

The people who see my finished work have no idea. They just get the painting, the joy. They don’t see the fear I had to walk through first to get there.

But I always start anyway. And that’s something.

Making an abstract painting – watch here.