Hope you enjoyed the process of the painting of "Junco with Leaves". I certainly enjoyed painting it.
I have been unable to paint for the last few days, and won't be painting for at least a few more....I had surgery on my shoulder two days ago. My right shoulder has been bothering me for the last 8-9 months, it was starting to interfere with a lot of things that I love to do so I went to the doctor and after x-rays, and an MRI it was determined that I had Acromio clavicular arthropathy!! My shoulder joint and the end of my clavical (collar bone) have a lot of arthritis going on. The doctor said it is not unusual to see arthritis like this starting in people in their late 60's and early 70's.....I am not one of those people yet.
After much discussion I decided to go the surgery route. The surgery went well, the anesthesiologist gave me a nerve block through my neck which totally numbed me from the tip of my ear, down my neck, my entire shoulder, through the right side of my back and chest and my entire arm down to my fingertips. It was crazy weird but I had absolutely no pain for 18 hours. I also had no idea where my arm was for 18 hours.
Now that the nerve block has worn off I am thankful for Lortab and ibuprofen. I will be back to painting before too long, and that is good because I am currently working on three new pieces! See you soon.