2 hours is all you need

2 hours is all you need

April 25, 2022 — 

2 hours. Amazing what one can accomplish in 2 fly-by sets of 60 minutes. I almost didn’t go to the studio today because I had other annoying obligations that took up all day till 3PM. But I went in anyway, the big gate, the combination lock, the key lock, the chain lock, the foot lock (really all those locks!), and hand over hand cranked open the bay door and propped open the “man” door (did you know my studio has a man-door? that’s why I rented it), turned on all the fans, changed my clothes, gloved my woman hands, sheathed my woman arms, unwedged my palettes from their sticky grooves in the fridge, resurrected my Kolinskys from their linseed spa, and wow, did we ever kick butt today. The painting and I are very pleased 🙂 

Picture of Lauren Forcella

Lauren Forcella

Leave a Replay

About Lauren Forcella

Lauren Forcella is an award-winning California artist with 27 years of experience. If art was writing, Forcella’s style would be called magical realism. Indeed, her paintings are a love letter to this beautiful Earth. In art, her style is called alla prima impressionism. Forcella uses a bold palette of classic oils. She lays the paint on thick so the emotions of her subject come through the brushstrokes as well as the color. Read More…

Follow Us

Recent Posts

Art Diary
Lauren Forcella

Kachina Woman Vortex

Sep 4, 2024, Wednesday—Kachina Woman vortex in Sedona. That was the one we decided on. I mean, if you visit Sedona and don’t go to

Read More »

Sign up for our Newsletter