Working Artist Findings

I can not imagine doing anything else. I am tired at the end of the day. I am thinking and working non-stop and barly have any time for myself. However, I can not think of a time that I have been more alive than I am now. My Grandmother use to call me a Free Spirit. A Free Spirit because I live my life like each day is a gift. Shinning with Happiness, that is the artist within.

Working Artist Findings

While getting started today on a 24x30inch painting, I was greatly disappointed with the loose canvas. To save time, I buy high quality canvases. However, as I started with the under painting today, I found the canvas to be very floppy.   What do you do?   Return the used canvas, throw it out, paint anyways and look like you use cheap materials?

Well Lacking quality is never an option for me. Returning the canvas seemed like such a hassle and throwing the canvas out was not an option either.

My solution was to gesso the back side of the canvas.... Although I started with creating x's all over... I did end up putting gesso on the entire back side.  That did the trick and tightened the canvas right up leaving the perfect sound the canvas makes when you knock on it.

Now my canvas is useable, good quality and the painting can be completed.

Moving Art Foward

Art is alive, Art is Awesome. Art Careers are very much a viable option. One of the toughest obstacles is to look past is criticism and to keep moving forward. Sometimes those obstacles are from those who are closest to you. There is no right or wrong way to get to your goal. Everyone's story is different. What matters is that you are going for what matters to you. You are finding that BURNING DESIRE with in, just won't go out and you just, simply need to go for it.

The path is not an easy path. Anything worth great satisfaction doesn't come easy. You need to work for it. Any of the great artists of the past and present come to down to a common theme. WORK. 

What is your passion?  What motivates you?  What would you like to see more of on my blog?


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Hello World

The artist shows the beauty of life, everything from the morning sunshine to the most vibrant sunset. Don’t be afraid to show the world your colorful thoughts. Don’t hold back you inner creative. The moment an artist turns her back to that, the world is a darker place. Let the world see the artist in you.

Sharing the art created is giving back to the community. It not only documents the daily life, it captures the purest of life/ a moment of time. It can either capture the artists emotion or there lack of it. There are good artists and bad artists. The point is that they are out there creating art.

Persistance

I am a firm believer that if you are not fully satisfied with the first attempt to give it 2nd chance but change it up.   

Summer Refection's 14x11 Oil on Board.

This is a painting that I tried once before and than recently revisited. Very happy with the end results. This painting will be entered into the Ozaukee Art Show and also a well respected national art contest. 

Ahhh the Sand Between My Toes

Are the winter blues starting to set in? and is do I really need to shovel for yet another snow storm on your mind?


Here is something to think about instead.

Transport yourself to the hot sunny beach in Florida. Picture yourself sitting on the beach with your favorite beverage while your skin is absorbing the heat from the hot sun. You enjoy the feeling of the sand between your toes as you make circles with your feet in the sand. All is quiet except for the sounds of the water crashing on the beach and the pigeons flying about looking for food. You may take a short nap and when you do look out to the water you see glistening sparkles of sun on the mini waves in the water.   Ahhh You could sit here all day.

2014 - "Beach Sensation"  12x9

What are you waiting for?

It is awesome you have a great idea. Take Action. A great idea with out action is just that, just an idea.