'CORNERED'

 

'I think the best thing to do when you feel like you've 'painted yourself into a corner', is to stop! You may think that by squeezing out fresh paint onto the clean spots of your messy palette, you will break the spell and revive the Muse, but unfortunately this option rarely works.
However, take care not to completely stop your art practice and thereby indulge yourself in frivolous behavior. 

Work on your website, plan an open studio, set a date and invite 3 or 4 collectors and art lovers. Tidy a chaotic corner of your studio, read your notes or/and clean your brushes. 

Please, just don't ever stop doing art-related tasks. This impasse concerning a specific piece, could last a few days, months or even years! 

Start something new, try another neglected medium, study all the found objects lining your window sill, make some quick sketches, as long as you ACT and DO something, anything! you will be making remarkable progress.' - Aleta Michaletos

PLAIN SAILING

I think we all suffer from procrastination to some degree. However I really identify with and am inspired by the way Srinivas Rao not only clarifies the problem but creates a vivid image that sets you sailing!
The metaphor he implements, speaks to me directly. 
Ideas which remain trapped in your head, are no different to a boat which is trapped in a harbor. You should consistently spend more time SHIPPING work into the world, where all the magic happens.

To illustrate the point, I've matched one of my paintings, 'PLAIN SAILING', with this idea. This is the only painting I've ever created of a small sailing boat. Remarkably, it was sold to a passionate collector, even without him having viewed the work.   

    

'PLAIN SAILING', oil on board, 150 x 200 mm, 2013, sold