I just returned from teaching several workshops in the Pacific Northwest. I met students that were just beginning on their artistic path and seasoned creatives. No matter where you are on your journey we all arrive at a similar place at some point, it is the muddled middle. This may happen in life as well, but it almost always happens during the course of painting or creating you get stuck. You begin with joy and abandon or purpose and direction only to reach a place where you get bogged down in the messy middle. I have witnessed so many artists struggling in this phase, often covering up everything they have created...
