Controlled Chaos
A well Earned Rest
A well Earned Rest (Shoe series)
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Photo reference for "A Little Boy's Shoes." (Shoe series)
Hi,
Sometimes ideas just pop into my head when I least expect it. It's fun
when that happens. Sometimes, though, it's actually a bit of work to
pin down an idea. If I want anyone to take notice, have to get control
of the mind chaos. Here's what I mean...
If I just followed the impulses in my head, I'd be all over the map,
painting a landscape here, a stillife there, an ocean scene, and maybe,
in rare cases, a portrait. Some of it might be related loosely, but
most of it not related at all. It'd just be one shiny new thing after
another.
But most people, galleries especially, don't follow or connect with an
artist who paints anything and everything. They want to see something
that makes an artist recognizable in a sea of other artists.
Squash Seeds
Squash Seeds (Saved Seeds series)
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Collection of antique glass bottles (Saved Seeds series)
Working in a series helps me to do those two important things; control
my impulses and stand out in a crowd.
So with the Golden Apple Art Residency this summer, I have to start
getting ready now. You may recall that the two weeks of solitude on the
coast of Maine will be spent building up my portfolio so I'll have a
solid cohesive body of work to present to galleries.
I'd like to do at least two more paintings in each of the five themes
I've got going; ....sewing machines, shoes, saved seeds, silver
vessels, and chickadees in the studio. If an idea I've talked about
before doesn't fit in any of those categories, it'll just have to wait,
unless it's a commission of course.
Studio In Spring
Studio In Spring (Chickadees In The Studio series)
Shelf for future prop. (Chickadees In The Studio series)
Shelf for future prop. (Chickadees In The Studio series)
By far, the most exciting series I've worked on is Chickadees In The
Studio. And this is where I will be expending a lot of creative energy
in the months ahead. I'm not sure how I'll use the shelf here, what it
will hold, or where I'll place the chickadees. I just know I fell in
love with it when I saw it on an Instagram thrift shop.
There's a story in there. I just know it. Maybe it will pop into my
head when I least expect it and maybe I'll have to work at it.
Next week...Christmas Giveaway!
And will you try something this week?...Smear some peanut butter on a
tree outside your kitchen window, press some birdseed onto that, and
then watch and listen as your local feathered friends go nuts!
All the Best!
Jan
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