Festival Days

Posted byTahirih GofficPosted inchild portrait, Discovery Coast Music Festival, ice cream, portrait. girl, red.
Festival Days 8″x10″ 
oil on canvas panel NFS
This is one of my most recent paintings. When it comes to painting, lately, I have been very discouraged and uninspired. I had a really busy summer doing shows and teaching workshops, and as good as that sounds, it really took something away from my art and I feel like I haven’t produced anything very good in quite a while. Every painting feels overworked and exhausted before it is finished. Sooooo….I decided to work on materials I didn’t care about, so my intention wouldn’t be selling, with my beautiful kids as my subject matter, so I wouldn’t want to sell…and I whipped off this one in a few hours. I had a hard start, as I was still fighting that “block”, and I wiped her off about four times, before I finally committed, but I’m really happy with how it turned out. I still feel like I could have gotten a bit looser, but, maybe next time:)

Published by Tahirih Goffic

After a tumultuous past as a goat milker, laundress, fine art major, waitress and restaurant owner, I've now downscaled to running my own Cafe/Gallery in an effort to maintain a social life and make a few bucks. I live a ridiculously idyllic existence in a fairytale village called Bella Coola on the West Coast of British Columbia with my charming musician husband, two amazingly creative children, and a dog whose favourite past time is eating rotten dead fish and rolling in poo. In my not so spare time I love to invent healthy whole food recipes, write YA fiction, play guitar, or curl up in my favourite chair with a great book and a gigantic mug of strong black coffee, all while daydreaming of living in Ireland...

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