Fisherman With Black Waders

Here is a painting, acrylic and oil on canvas, 24" x 36", that I started in 2001 and have just re worked today, causing it to be a painting that's been ten years in the making.

People often ask me "how long did it take you to do that?"

The answer is very difficult to ascertain for many reasons.

One reason is that (and I think many artists will concurr) when you begin to paint; time melts away, becomes irrelevant, or just plain stops.

Another is that it's hard to guage how much time you've spent on a piece if you are working on multiple projects simultaneously, and hop from on to another in a frenzy of production.