Le Bateau Rouge
24 07 2009Well the week has flown by and I’m still working away constantly getting ready for the show at City Art Gallery (final touches, varnishing, framing, etc.) Meanwhile I have developed some kind of tendonitis in BOTH of my arms, starting from my shoulders and running all the way down to my wrists and hands. This has been coming on for a while but now it’s raging. Fabulous. It also hurts to do any kind of computer work, so since I haven’t trained any other appendages to hold a paintbrush, right now if I have to limit one activity it’s going to be the computer. Needless to say, blogging may be spotty at best over the next week or two, but I will try to keep posting here and there if I can.
Today’s painting is again of a scene in the Dordogne. I worked from sketches and a photo. The tree in my photo was very much like a reverse version (in type and lighting) to the plein air painting I did not too long ago of the backlit willow, so I for that part of the painting, I found my plein air work to be a better reference. A little bit of Virginia in France? Hey, if it makes a better painting, I’m all for it.
“Le Bateau Rouge”
Oil on Linen, 24×30″
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Hi again Jennifer - thanks so much for the nice reply to a comment I’d left a week or so back! I appreciate your input on my art. Anyways, sorry to hear about your tendonitis. I was in a similar situation about 10 years ago. My day-job is as a graphic designer, and the resulting tendonitis in my arms got so bad I had to quit designing. (Could barely type at that point.) I really didn’t know what to do - my husband had a good job, but we still needed my income. Fortunately, a good friend recommended massage therapy & ‘deep tissue release’. I started going twice a month. It only took about six months for most of it to clear up. I can’t say enough good things about it. It got me back working again, and with one monthly massage appointment, it has kept me working very comfortably for the last 10 years. It only flares up when I miss an appointment. Good luck with it - be sure to do your research so you find a therapist who is experienced dealing with that particular problem. Hope that helps!
Jennifer Young,
Again I would like to say that I am glad you are up there in Virginia painting. I hope that your physical afflictions do not impede your art.
Thanks guys. So far the pain is manageable and hasn’t impeded me too much, as long as I limit too many activities in one day that use the same muscles/motions. I certainly hope I don’t get to the state that you’ve described Cheryl! I should know more after another visit to the doc tomorrow. I’m kind of anti-meds, so I’m hoping PT will do the trick. I wouldn’t pooh-pooh massages by any means but I’m doubtful that insurance will cover it. Still, I’m all for alternative therapies and will seek them out too, as much as I’m able to do so financially.