Abstract
I wished to discover what it meant to devote myself to something that could help me determine my place in the world. To put myself into the work and then draw wisdom from it to provide a foundation on which I could begin to both improve myself and the painting was my ultimate goal. I wanted to begin to understand what it meant to make a good painting and what kind of person it might take to make one. This project will shed light on the process of painting and what that process taught me.