Shipping and new painting

I looked into shipping my paintings to Chicago for Artopolis - a quote from North BayFreight and Crate for 4 - 4 ft X 6 ft paintings and 1 - 5 ft X 6 ft painting. They pick up the paintings from my studio, build a wooden crate, pack everything very carefully, ship (takes 7-10 days), one way to Chicago came to $1300. I thought it was going to be much more expensive. So, it's a start, and i will look into other options but the person i spoke to was really great and i heard great things about this company.

I want to bring 4 of my best 4 ft X 6 ft paintings but i only have 3. So i started working on a new one today.

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My Payne's gray painting is causing me great pain. I've lost my way and will have to find it again. I think i get influenced by the colors of other paintings -