In retrospect, I believe every creative action improves your skill somewhat. I believe each artist is unique, and what works for one might not be best for another. Some of our greatest artists lived their lives in obscurity, struggling to survive. Sometimes, pressure from commissions improve my skills, while other times, preliminary critiques from the customer destroys my psyche. It compares to a high wire balancing act. As an artist, I put a bit of my heart into each work. It's laid bare to the world. Maybe that's why most artists are compassionate people.
How do you stay true to your work? What is the most important goal? Does life responsibility help or hinder your production? Many of you hold full time jobs and still create a bounty of work, I tip my beret to you!
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I can see you put a bit of your heart in all of your work, Trudy. This is lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you totally that every little bit of work we do helps to improve our skill. But, like you, I too allow life to drag me away and find myself asking the same questions. Unlike you, I am finding that I am not doing any art when I find myself with the odd hour here and there. It seems pointless ... or did!!! Your post reminds me that I SHOULD make use of even the smallest opportunities. Even quick sketches help hone our skills. So thank you Trudy for reminding me of our goal ..... to enjoy art in whatever small way we can. ;)
ReplyDeleteI could spend hours responding to this post! You touched on a lot of important issues for artists here. There are so many factors that can influence our art, some of them positive and others not so much. I bet that, even when you're not working on a painting, you're still improving your art every minute of the day, by thinking about it. You're noticing things you'd like to paint, you're looking at light and shadow and the composition in the world around you, and storing it in your memory as reference. Your doodles from this week might be leading toward the next painting in some way... The other thing you talked about is the idea of not letting others perspectives influence our own thinking about our art. THATS the hard part for many of us. Maybe we all need little signs over our desks and easels to remind ourselves to stay true to our own instincts.
ReplyDeleteYour post are always thought provoking and inspiring.
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