What to do today?

That's a question all of face, and some times we are fortunate enough to choose our activities. We all have our daily necessary chores and how we spend the rest of our time marks the quality of our lives and whether our goals our reached.
I guess the start of a New Year and the hopes of a new administration starting, causes me to reflect on my own indolence. I need the prod of goals set in making and marketing my artwork, from improving my technical ability, and learning a new media, to applying to shows and art events. I'm lucky to be in the age of the Internet, because there are many good sites and blogs the learn from, but they can distract me from the main activity... going into the studio and painting. If I don't have a big idea I just need to practice on the basics and subjects that appeal to me.
Hence my focus of late on wine bottles and glasses. I think the reason for for so many bottle paintings historically is from the empties artists have to sooth the ache of rejection letters or slow sales, plus there are all sorts of things you learn while painting them.
Here are a two from the last week or so.
"Two for Z" Oil on paper 12x12


"Sake & 2" Acrylic on paper 12x12


Enjoy today and tomorrow and thanks for looking.
Bruce