Ambition/ original oil by Gina EdwardsI am sorry if you missed the Paint and Port with Nathan Perry last week. It was fun and informative. I am continually amazed at how talented the students are that come. As a full time artist in attendance you would think I would walk away with the gold star. Not really!
Nathan quoted from the"Point Zero-Creativity without Limits". The books point is to get past the self doubt and negativity that devours us and curtails our creative genius. But one question he pulled from the book as been rolling around in my head. "Does it matter if other people like my art?"
OF COURSE IT MATTERS! HELLLLlllloooooooo, trying to make a living here! I mean, I get it, create for the sake of creating instead of always looking at the business end of your art but Costco doesn't take art in trade for a bale of toilet paper!
The above painting just came out without much thinking. I had just got back from the Olympic Peninsula and was still reeling from the magnificent trees. I love trees. Anyway, I painted the tree in the water representing the incredible rain that feeds this incredible forest. Then I had the overwhelming urge to add the fish. Then the cat in the boat begged to be added. I know, the painting doesn't make any sense but you know what, I love this piece. I love the story it tells. I want to be in the boat with the cat under this amazing tree.
I know this painting will be slow to sell because of it's quirky subject. I wish I could always be okay with just spilling my head onto the canvas without worry of making a sale but that just isn't a working artist's life. Of course the alternative is getting a 'real' job and being a no pressure hobby artist. YIKES, that's crazy talk.
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Art doesn't always have to make sense, does it? I love the tree and think the subject matter is fun. It tells a little story of some sort and leaves that story up to your viewers. I bet this piece will sell!
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