Nancy Salwen's Daily Paintings

I am so happy and excited to be making a painting each day. This is something I’ve thought about doing for over 20 years but suddenly find actually works for me. It’s the perfect thing for me right now – totally liberating. My rule is that each day the painting is DONE – no fussing or fixing. If I want to tinker, then I can start fresh with a similar idea tomorrow – so I always have something to bite into if I’m not otherwise inspired. My other guiding principle is to follow my most intuitive impulses while I’m painting and not to listen to the voices (no matter how wise they were) of my art teachers from years ago, or my inner critic, but rather to work from a place of exploration and joy. So far so good – I’m having a blast!

I’ve done about 11 paintings so far and I’ll post them all now. I’m looking forward to seeing what emerges.

This is Cape Cod Trees, painted behind my friends’ campsite.