Usually, people who know me can tell when I have been painting. I wear sloppy old clothes, which are paint stained. 9 times out of 10 my hair will be unwashed and on a really bad day I will not shower. When I paint all my thought and being goes into the piece I’m working on. I’m not the best house keeper, but my home becomes a disaster when the oil paints come out.
![Sacred Deer by Andrea Zuill, 2008, DETAIL, 36\](http://zuill.us/andreablog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacred-deer-sample.jpg "Sacred Deer by Andrea Zuill, 2008, DETAIL, 36\")
At risk to my personal hygiene and my home being condemned I have finished 2 new oil paintings. Both are 36″ x 36″, oil on canvas. The bird piece is called Bunting and the deer piece is called Sacred Deer.
![Bunting by Andrea Zuill, 2008, 36\](http://zuill.us/andreablog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bunting-lrg1.jpg "Bunting by Andrea Zuill, 2008, 36\")
![Sacred Deer by Andrea Zuill, 2008, 36\](http://zuill.us/andreablog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacred-deer-lrg.jpg "Sacred Deer by Andrea Zuill, 2008, 36\")
I am in love with Bunting.
Thank you for sharing how life is when you are creative… That is how it goes for me and the past few days I have been overwhelmed by how fast things can get out of control when I am working on a project… This makes me compare myself to all the tidy and neat work areas people have pictures of… and I wonder… Am I doing something wrong?
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I am glad I am not alone:)
I love the bird painting. also like your blog slogan.lol
dust and dishes will always be there..your paintings are great, and I adore your color choices. Nice.
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for both visiting my new blog; and most importantly being a guest speaker at Jane’s class last weekend. I really enjoyed your talk. Your fiber art is really quite good, but I’m most intriqued by your paintings. Your a very good artist! Please keep up the wonderful work. are you attending IQF in Long Beach? If so, hope to see you there. Sandra Hankins
And aren’t they beautiful! How are you? How is the prep for your class coming along or has it been and gone already?
I love the bird one. It looks like chinese water-color painting. i don’t really know how to appreciate an artwork, but your style is what i like, simple. vivid.soft color.