Ram!

The spider painting crashed and burned, thanks in part to my cat Tron. He is an evil little man.

I did, however, manage to keep him from destroying this little 4x6 of a ram. I was trying to use primaries to make neutrals, a' la Peggy Macnamara, but it didn't quite work out that way! I'm still happy with the results, though.

I'm going to attempt to do a painting per day. In the meantime, I'm experiencing a career change since it's become apparent that wedding photography in the super-saturated Seattle market is a really precarious place to be during crappy economic times. So I've been applying for internships in zookeeping throughout the country. I love caring for animals, and in my volunteer work at the local zoo I've learned that there is a big shift in the culture of zoos going on...focus is less on entertainment and much more on education, outreach, and conservation, with all the good zoos in the world putting a significant chunk of their funding toward breeding and repatriating endangered species, as well as aggressive and creative programs to preserve and expand habitat. That's what I want to do with my life! Help care for the endangered species and habitats of the world, help educate others about these issues, and feed animals and clean up their poo at the same time.

So as I search for internships, I find myself thinking about the exciting possibilities of getting to paint new landscapes and new creatures! Wahoo! This is good news all around. The only bad thing about it is that I'll miss my husband and the rest of my family...including my paining-destroying cat.

Anyway...I hope you like the ram! A painting a day from now on...hopefully.