I need someone to answer to in order to finish my paintings at an acceptable rate. I began a series of paintings about two years ago and I need desperately to complete it. I have little to no sense of time but I think it was March 2005 that this slow and unsteady journey began. All those once interested in my art have forgotten me or died. I must emerge from my cave soon--I need to show my work again. I'm currently finishing the fifth painting in the series but in honesty it feels like the third because the real third was a modest one-off and the fourth sucked. The self-imposed deadline for this painting is Friday, October 30, 2006.