My Art philosophy 101

As an artist in the age of technology and digital media it is difficult to stay on the path of the masters. How temptingly easy it is to transfer an image & paint something that sells easily and inexpensively. Artists have entered the era of the fast and easy digitalized mcdonalds of painting. I have chosen to make my own art supplies as much as possible and this year I am dedicating myself to painting for the sake of art and beauty alone. I have abandoned my need to sell my art. I am almost embarassed that I  have been caught up over the past month in the digitalized art era and I confess with it becoming stressed. I have come to the conclusion that I am going to return to working towards artistic goals only —-focusing my talents and skill on pieces that I will be proud of. An artist most difficult task is marketing their work. It is counter productive for an artist. If you view your art in terms of money than you devaluate the worth of it and in your mind it becomes something less than what it is. You begin to think of your art differently —as a source of income or job. That is when your art turns on you and laughs at you – that is when you begin to ask yourself why am I creating and what do I really want to say? Important and insightful questions and therefore; I am returning to the easle with a new found passion – taking my time to develop and create in the direction that moves and inspires me.  Thank goodness my marketing experiment was short lived and unsuccessful so that now I can return to the passion and love of my life -my art -my family. I am back to being me – unknown, happy and experimenter of classical art techniques. I have also discovered that rendering representational artworks in encaustic paint is by far the most challenging medium I have attempted to date. I will be posting my successes and failures as I proceed. The fireplace surround is nearing completion and I am excited about seeing the finished stain glass window project early next week. I am submitting a project proposal to the artemisia project in Vancouver- I am extremely excited about this project because it says everything I want to say in my art. Wish me luck…

http://www.jamesschouw.ca/artists/files/Artemisia_Request_for_Information.pdf
An Italian female artist and inspiration to woman artists :
Artemisia http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/index.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BE brave - draw.
These are the main areas I am developing my artistic skill this year:
1. representational / figurative drawing
2. composition (mathematical /geometric)
3. color theory
Sculpture:
1. Anatomy
2. 3d composition
3. Pictoral figurative Relief  
2010 Mediums
Encaustic representational, carved porcelain
Challenge/Goal 2010:
learn cameo carved glass /inspiration: Galle and lalique
study the masters – Artemisia

~ by Pistrucci on November 7, 2009.