What I do before I begin…

I was sitting in my studio the other day and I realized something.

Every time I come in here, I do the same small routine.

I never consciously created it.

It just formed by itself.

And the more I notice it, the more I understand why I need it.

If I skip it, the painting isn’t the same.

The feeling isn’t the same.

My studio is in my house. I love that. It makes it easy to paint for an hour without traveling anywhere.

But it also means I can walk in here too quickly.

As if I can go from ordinary life straight into the work.

Most of us can’t.

Marathon runners don’t go from cleaning the house to the starting line and expect focus to appear on command.

They arrive.

They connect.

They land.

I made a short 2‑minute video about the routine I have before I begin:

Now tell me what do you do before you start your painting:

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