For example you could paint two lovers who just met for the first time after a spat, or you could paint a man walking towards to his fate. A child getting his or her first dog. An old woman looking back at her life.

It’s true that a picture tells more than a thousand words and storytelling always gets me out of a funk artwise.

Additionally most people are clearly more interested in art when it hints at an interesting story; maybe because people are made to connect to stories.

(Plus you could easily sneak your love for portraits into a story scene. )

And I think I will start dipping my toes into bigger paintings!

@Sean Scott – First – dude your avatar is BEEKER?! How awesome is that!?

Second – yeah, just doing a painting marathon might get me out of my funk. It sounds kind of fun at the least, so why not right? Thanks for the idea!

But in my writing, when I sometimes feel a bit stuck, I just try to have a marathon writing session. I’ll see how much stuff I can produce in, say, a three day period, without regard to whether it’s any good, and with as much variety as possible. Just try to pump out the words.

Sometimes, I’ll get some gems, but mostly it’s drivel. But that’s okay, because it’s just to get out of my funk. Then, I feel like I’ve exercised the demons or whatnot, and something awesome comes to me out of nowhere.

I wonder if that works for painting, too.

So not so unreasonable.

Big – I totally get this. I can not paint small. Too limiting for me. Go gigantic – see what happens. Just do one -see how it feels. If it sells, do another. Take the risk but don’t jump in with both feet. Dip your toe perhaps and think about how your business could point towards portraiture. Surely people still want portraits – they are your right people who will want your special touch on their portrait.

Go for it. You’ll either be where you are or making progress.