The joy of painting

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I saw a documentary last night about a 4 year old girl called Marla from NYC. She is just a normal 4 year old, loves playing with her friends getting piggy backs from her dad and ice cream AND selling her abstract art for thousands for dollars !

I recently moved out of my rents house and in with my girlfriend, i had been planning to take up painting again soon after i moved into my new house and last night while watching the doc on BBC four i couldn't help buy get the art bug once more. Watching her painting was amazing ! She was just having so much fun with her art, all smiles really getting into it. Using her hands loads of brushes, pots, pans and dustpans to paint with.

Her choice of colour's is just fantastic even for someone with years of experience and the best art tuition money can buy. 

There is always something that anyones me about abstract art and it always has and always will do, when non-arty people see it all they can say is 'i could do that' even when watching films, seeing adverts and anything 'non-arty' people always say 'i could do that' 

Well why don't you then?

Watching her really inspired me once more to pick up my canvas and get to work. So thats what i will be doing, cant wait for pay day to get some paint and some big brushes.

Her website is http://www.marlaolmstead.com/

Hope you all enjoy her work, and hopefully i will have some art of my own to write about soon.