Can I be real with y’all…

Welcome to my crazy Plein Air Adventures blog.

Beauty is where you find it. And sometimes it’s found by climbing over a few fences to get to an unusual subject.

That’s part of what makes outdoor painting ( Pein Air) so interesting to me. There are always interesting things to be discovered and painted.

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Today, I want to talk about the struggle that I am going through right now. You see, I have cataracts right now, and I can’t see.

What I mean by that is I can see color clearly, but objects, words on signs are a big blurb until I get about 100 or so feet in front of them. Scary, I know.

I have stopped driving just as safety to myself and other drivers. My sweet hubby has been my driving me around without a complaint.

Now let’s jump a head…

I have to go see my optometrist/ ophthalmologist twice a year because of my low scale diabetes to keep my eye healthy. Will at the end of last year my eye doctor (as I like to call him) said my cataracts had gotten worse and he wanted to do surgery right away.

I felt uneasy on the way he was being so pushy, so I checked with another eye doctor, and he said I was fine for another one to three years before I needed surgery. This year, I found that my eyes had gotten worse due to some meds that I had to take to help me walk.

If you have been reading my later post, I talk about being one of the co-chairs for the “Paint Historic Waxahachie Event.” Hubby and I scouted all the towns and cities in Ellis County of where the artist can go and paint this year for the Pre-Paint event.

Now, my new optometrist/ ophthalmologist wants to operate on my cataracts at the end of March.

But here is my dilemma… on April 1-29 is the Pre-Paint Historic Waxahachie Event, May 5-17 is the actual event. And we added a Quick Draw Event on May 20th so that the artist can paint or draw anywhere around the square.

Do I go ahead and have the surgery sometime in April (I lost the appointment in March), loss the money that I paid for this event? Plus, in mid-April, the Outdoor Painters Society will be in town to paint their event, which I have signed up for, too.

What’s that old saying? “You can kill two birds with one stone.” Well, that is what I am trying to do.

But to tell the truth, my eyes are tired, and at times, they hurt, but I am an artist, and I have been looking forward to this event since last year. Unfortunately, last year, I struggled with severe allergies and being unstable in my walking. (Note: I can walk like everyone else now but still have allergies 🤧)

I want so badly to do this event, but I am afraid that it could turn out to be fastrating.

What would you do? Would you take a chance and participate in the event or go for the surgery? Let me know what you think, and thank you for letting me be real with my dilemma.

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Until next time, my friends keep creating, and God bless y’all.

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Q & A 

Who is this gal name J.D. ?

🎨 My name is J.D. Fields and I love to draw and paint nature.

🎨 I am a Texas artist

 🎨 I’m a two-time transplanted to Texas, which I now call home.

 🎨 I married my best friend and soul mate in 1998.

 🎨 My husband has three children, two boys and a girl, and I have one girl and two boys. When we got married, we put them altogether and called us all family 

 🎨 I am an acrylic artist, but I love to play with watercolor, watercolor pencils, color pencils and pens. 

 🎨 Do you or have you ever painted in Oils? 

 🎨 Yes, I use to paint in oil in the beginning (1977 – 1984) but I became allergic to the oils and cleaning products and had to stop.

 🎨 When did I start learning to draw? I can remember being two and half years old, laying on my grandma kitchen floor, trying to draw the animal on her land.

 🎨 Growing up, I have been able to explore many different mediums – Fabric Art, Sewing, Crocheting, Oil Paint, Pen & Ink Painting, Color Pencils, Charcoal, Graphite Pencil. Along with acrylic painting.

 🎨 Do you sell your work? 

 🎨 Yes, I sell my originals, painting, drawing, and greeting cards online and in galleries.

 🎨 Do you create portraits? 

 🎨 Not really. I am a landscape artist.

 🎨 Do you sell painting with frames.

 🎨 Only if they are a custom frame made for the painting.

 🎨 How can I purchase a painting that I ready like but has been already sold?

 🎨 You can email me at j.d.fieldsartist@gmail.com and place in the subject line ” the name of the painting.” I will be happy to recreate a similar one but it will not be a copy. All My paintings are original.

 🎨 Do you teach classes? 

 🎨 Yes, I teach acrylic for Beginner’s to adults. I also teach drawing and acrylics for teens.

 🎨 Back in the early 2000, I had wanted to try my hand in Plein air. In July 2013, I took the plug and never looked back. 

 🎨 Whether I’m in my studio or outdoors, I am still learning to draw upon those early influences in a way that I look at life, the subject I chooses and the matter in which I paints.