Carole Russell Art Weblog

Inspiration, campervans, and me

Yesterday I painted, 5 hours working on a commission which involves painting a VW Campervan – which I have never tackled before! I struggled – with it’s size, shape, colour, I struggled with is positioning on the canvas – I also had a hang-over from my lovely day and evening with friends.

Imagine, therefore, how amazing I felt when I finally stood back for the umpteenth time and it was right – everything about it was “VW Campervan” – I was in awe of my ability! I am so pleased with the progress that I smiled all night and couldn’t get to sleep – waiting for today and painting again.

Then, I read one of my e-mails this morning. I joined a website devoted to TED, innovation, amazing talks on video, inspiring talks, nougats of information. I actually joined when I used to train sales staff, looking for a different view of life – other than my own. I have no need for that now as I left that job, but for some reason I remained a member of the website – and today I see why

I am posting a link to a talk by Aimee Mullins, please watch it, be uplifted, be amazed, be in awe of this woman – I am! When you see this woman, when you listen to her you will understand why it brought me back down to earth – not with a bump, but more of a nudge!

P.S. I’ll post a link to my amazing campervan when it’s finished – if Aimee’s ok with that