Today starts #the100dayproject!!! I haven’t even thought of a personal hashtag, so I am just going to use #my100daysofpainting2020. A year we want to forget, but we must remember, as it will shape our collective history forever. I have been paralyzed by fear and depression for the last month. In 2018, when I did #my100daysofcolor, the project became meditative for me. A place to go everyday and reflect, while dealing with that feeling of losing myself to motherhood. It brought me peace and comfort having the project to go to everyday. It kept me moving forward, and I could see that progress when I looked back on each week. I am forcing myself to do this, because I need that again. This was my first painting from my first 100 day project, and the second photo is my daughter at the time. She was 6 months old. I would paint during her nap time and for 5 hours after I put her down for bed every night (yes, I am still tired from that). Now my children are 2 and 4. They stay up much later, and don’t nap. So, I have set up a table in my kitchen so I can paint when they are eating and having down time and when my husband gets home from work (and I can still be with them while I paint). This will be a challenge, but I NEED to do this. Thank you all for following along on this journey. I need your support too. ❤️🙏 . . . . . #art #beeart #bees #aceo #bumblebee #bombus #100dayproject #creativehappylife #artmom #artistlife #painting #goldleaf #gilding #kalamazoo #michiganartist #chicagoartist (at Kalamazoo, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rrT_BHGET/?igshid=k8i02305a9to