Where is Wayne?
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Enyaw
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Not to worry. I am fine. Have not been on as I quit painting. Scrapped my Easley and brought my paints to hazardous waste site. I no longer want to create paintings for a closet and to have my wife or family with a closet of trash after I die that they might feel obligated to keep. I am done. Thanks for all the thoughts and comments while I was here. Glad I looked in yesterday yo see what was happening and sorry Donna but as I was offsite I did not get your message. Goodbye and thanks again. 
Smitty91
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Honest to God thought you were talking about my stepdad at first and I honestly don't know and I don't care.
Grapes
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Wayne, you used to post so often. I was thinking also whether you are painting. It's an observation good for this moment as I've been thinking the same. I got away from those thoughts by doing some pleinair, starting a couple of paintings that will take several yrs to finish and that way I won't get piles and piles of unwanted paintings hanging around but also I'm taking weeks of painting breaks. After all, I'm thinking what else would I be doing if not painting?
Jo Castillo
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Wayne, wow. Big change. Thanks for checking in. We will miss your paintings and chatter. Best wishes....
Artyczar
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Wayne, if you happen to sign in again, I hope you can see the responses here. People will miss you and your art. And I will too.
I have very often had the same feelings as you. Now more than ever, as I age more and more. I think about quitting and ridding myself of my albatross of art storage. I have no real family to inherit it in a way that I think they'd be into. I consider it a burden on them. They are just my nieces and nephews. I don't think they care.
I'm thinking about changing to working on paper (water media only). That's the plan for next year or so. I'll get rid of all the oil paint and maybe write more than paint. Oil painting often exhausts me physically--standing over my big drawing table or at the easel. Just being on my feet in general.
I've never been a great painter, and I'm no better at writing, but I keep thinking about what I'm going to do with all the pieces I've made that have never sold. I've already donated to hospitals, but they will not take as many paintings as I have to give. I've been able to get rid of a few here and there. So long as I have a commercial gallery, I can't slash my prices, at least not much. I would have to fully decide to quit and get out of my business relationship with the gallery, something I think about all the time.
Good luck to you, Wayne. Maybe one day you'll want to come back to it, try some different media, or do something totally new.
I will miss you.
I have very often had the same feelings as you. Now more than ever, as I age more and more. I think about quitting and ridding myself of my albatross of art storage. I have no real family to inherit it in a way that I think they'd be into. I consider it a burden on them. They are just my nieces and nephews. I don't think they care.
I'm thinking about changing to working on paper (water media only). That's the plan for next year or so. I'll get rid of all the oil paint and maybe write more than paint. Oil painting often exhausts me physically--standing over my big drawing table or at the easel. Just being on my feet in general.
I've never been a great painter, and I'm no better at writing, but I keep thinking about what I'm going to do with all the pieces I've made that have never sold. I've already donated to hospitals, but they will not take as many paintings as I have to give. I've been able to get rid of a few here and there. So long as I have a commercial gallery, I can't slash my prices, at least not much. I would have to fully decide to quit and get out of my business relationship with the gallery, something I think about all the time.
Good luck to you, Wayne. Maybe one day you'll want to come back to it, try some different media, or do something totally new.
I will miss you.
Hermes2020
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Wayne, I've been thinking how to respond, but what Ayin has said expressed my feelings so well that I will just add my own good wishes.
Enyaw
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Thank you Grapes.
I still have my guitar and if I get artsy again I would go pencil or charcoal. I only know Alla Prima so stretching out paint is off the table. Good luck with your future decisions.
Thank you Jo. Best wishes back to you.
Thank you Ayin.
It took a bit to finalize the decision. I tried to donate as well but they wanted framed works and that is out of the question. I will be fine. I parted with about 95% of my panels a few years ago so most what is left is on paper. I might just go to a heavy tourist area and spread them out with a help yourself or free sign. It appeals to me more than dumping them in landfill. I wish you the best and don’t beat yourself up over art; it, like us, is just a flick of a flame in a breeze called life. I think you can write as you can read your thoughts which is more than a lot can do. You can touch your feelings so the book is open to you.
Thanks Hermes. I enjoyed your enthusiasm over your projects.
Thank you Donna. You are a real gem. I enjoyed our trade offs about art.
Ok, gone again. It was a pleasurable time and your company was part of the pleasure.
I still have my guitar and if I get artsy again I would go pencil or charcoal. I only know Alla Prima so stretching out paint is off the table. Good luck with your future decisions.
Thank you Jo. Best wishes back to you.
Thank you Ayin.
It took a bit to finalize the decision. I tried to donate as well but they wanted framed works and that is out of the question. I will be fine. I parted with about 95% of my panels a few years ago so most what is left is on paper. I might just go to a heavy tourist area and spread them out with a help yourself or free sign. It appeals to me more than dumping them in landfill. I wish you the best and don’t beat yourself up over art; it, like us, is just a flick of a flame in a breeze called life. I think you can write as you can read your thoughts which is more than a lot can do. You can touch your feelings so the book is open to you.
Thanks Hermes. I enjoyed your enthusiasm over your projects.
Thank you Donna. You are a real gem. I enjoyed our trade offs about art.
Ok, gone again. It was a pleasurable time and your company was part of the pleasure.
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Wait, wait - I gotta get in my two cents!
Well. First off (and most importantly), I'm just glad to hear you're okay. I wasn't terribly worried because you've stepped back from your work before and, given your output, it certainly seemed wise.
But I am sorry to know I won't see any more of your gorgeous winter scenes, your mysterious pathways and your formidable florals. I've loved and admired all your work.
I selfishly hope you do decide to pick up a piece of charcoal or a pencil. It would be a treat to see what you'd do.
But even if you don't, you'll always be an artist. There are many ways to be one - sharing your color methods, your unique and powerful knife work, and most importantly your thought process as you moved from empty canvas to a finished beauty. You helped so many others.
I want to personally thank you for all your encouragement and lovely comments on my bumbling efforts. It mattered.
No need to thank us collectively; I can assure you the pleasure was ours.
So long, good friend. Stay well!
Well. First off (and most importantly), I'm just glad to hear you're okay. I wasn't terribly worried because you've stepped back from your work before and, given your output, it certainly seemed wise.
But I am sorry to know I won't see any more of your gorgeous winter scenes, your mysterious pathways and your formidable florals. I've loved and admired all your work.
I selfishly hope you do decide to pick up a piece of charcoal or a pencil. It would be a treat to see what you'd do.
But even if you don't, you'll always be an artist. There are many ways to be one - sharing your color methods, your unique and powerful knife work, and most importantly your thought process as you moved from empty canvas to a finished beauty. You helped so many others.
I want to personally thank you for all your encouragement and lovely comments on my bumbling efforts. It mattered.
No need to thank us collectively; I can assure you the pleasure was ours.
So long, good friend. Stay well!
txomsy
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My 2 cents worth: one need not keep paintings in a closet: instead of trashing paints, trash the paintings. That way you can keep your artistic drive/urge alive while not caring to leave useless memorabilia.
Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder: maybe among all those works you make, some day pops up one that someone wants to keep and same as forcing useless mementos on loved ones, why should one deny them the possibility of keeping something they really want?
Just let them know the ultimate destination of what you do will soon be trash and that if they want something to keep better they hurry before you dispose of it. That has the advantage of giving a valuable lesson for life: "carpe diem".
It is a win-win situation.
Well, only if you loved painting and would like to keep on, of course, sometimes it just doesn't pay off for the inconveniences. I accepted long ago that nobody will care about anything I did once I leave (nor will I care, of course), but that doesn't stop me.
Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder: maybe among all those works you make, some day pops up one that someone wants to keep and same as forcing useless mementos on loved ones, why should one deny them the possibility of keeping something they really want?
Just let them know the ultimate destination of what you do will soon be trash and that if they want something to keep better they hurry before you dispose of it. That has the advantage of giving a valuable lesson for life: "carpe diem".
It is a win-win situation.
Well, only if you loved painting and would like to keep on, of course, sometimes it just doesn't pay off for the inconveniences. I accepted long ago that nobody will care about anything I did once I leave (nor will I care, of course), but that doesn't stop me.
