Okay, so this isn’t really my studio…

A friend and I visited the studio and home of famed regional artist Thomas Hart Benton last week. Even though he’s been deceased for decades, It truly looked like he had just left the room to get a snack and would return and resume painting any moment.

A detail I enjoyed: In true artist form, Benton “Fixed” his studio sink by using a brick on a stool to hold it up…and that’s how it stayed for years. Let nothing slow down the painting! I like to think I’m that way too, but in reality I’d probably use the sink as an excuse to redo the studio plumbing in some elaborate procrastination scheme.