This is pretty cool. You can order prints directly from Fine Art America of my work–at least what I’ve uploaded. The digital art can only be done as a print. If your not too far away, I’ll sign them.
Thoughts on 2011
Reflecting on the New Year, most artists commit to goals like working harder, contacting more galleries, networking more, and doing more marketing. All worthwhile goals. In this tough economic time we are all lamenting the lack of sales. The talk is constant, “I’m down 60 percent from last year,” “I’m sure glad I kept my day job,” or worse, “I guess it’s about time I get a day job!” Many of us are trying to be more creative in coming up other avenues for sales, which is good, but it is oh so hard.”
Perhaps, focusing on sales has made you a type of factory artist, you like the money you used to make, but now are really bored producing the same landscape with the trees in a different position, the same types of animals from slightly different angles, the same portraits, the same sculptures, the same constructions, the same abstracts in this year’s popular colors, or anything that might sell. Maybe you have dozens of these and have been producing more only to have them stack up in your basement. Your frustration with it all has reached a crescendo and you are pretty darn frustrated.
In the wake of it all sometimes we forget what initially inspired us to becoming artists. Was it the money that we thought we’d make? For most of us who were realistic this was NOT the case. It was the love and passion of creating. The drive to “make the unknown known” (Georgia O’Keefe). It was the importance of expressing your inner feelings about something. Perhaps it is time to go back to that feeling. As Donna Lovely put it, “some artists are saying that now is the time to concentrate on experimentation, on creativity, and on growth.”
Remember when you were young and you felt anything was possible? Well, it still is. Why don’t you try that new technique you’ve been thinking about? That painting or sculpture you saw at the contemporary art museum Wouldn’t it be fun to experiment with that style? Maybe you’d like to say something about the state of our world today, but have been reluctant. Now is the time folks! Get out those silver paints, the mud, the colored glass, the odd colors in the back of the drawer, the drying sticks of oil bars and don’t forget to check out your junk drawers for symbolic pieces of things that you’ve saved forever to do something with. Old keys are great! Let it all make its way into your art, let your spirt soar. Who knows, maybe you’ll come up with something totally new and wonderful that will change someone’s outlook on the world. Maybe your outlook will change, maybe you’ll grow. Perhaps you’ll even find something fresh and new to put into all those old paintings.
When the economy finally turns around, you’ll still have all those old pieces sitting there, but you may also have a whole new series that is fresh, alive and expressive of all your inner feelings and passion. Who knows, it could possibly sell better than anything you’ve ever done before. You could be the next Picasso!
By Pixie Glore
It is very exciting to live in the city (Denver) except that I space out at intersections looking a gorgeous turn of the century mansions and almost get hit! I’m looking forward to how this urban environment makes it’s way into my art! For me, art is an adventure and I never know exactly where it is taking me. Whoopee–I’ve started the ride!
Hung the Friendship Bridge show yesterday. It was wonderful to be around such beautiful art! Thanks to all the great artists who were willing to participate in this show. How good it will feel to sell something and make some money for such a worthy charity and for yourself–so you can keep painting and framing!
A special thanks to those who went ahead and donated a piece as well!
Imagine a beautiful evening with wine, gourmet tapas, celtic music and Fine Art from some of the areas best artists–well that is what is happening on Sunday August 29th, 20l0 from 4 – 7 at the Little Lonestar Ranch in Bergan Park, Colorado. This classy event is open to the public and is a fundraiser for the highly successful Friendship Bridge–a charity that raise funds for micro credit loans to the women of Guatemala. Tickets are available online or at the door. http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/227931/06d9260e5e/1610004147/d376c01b3e/ Don’t miss the chance to meet the artists, enjoy a fabulous evening meeting new friends and a chance to help women in poverty at the same time!
I’m totally thrilled that Tom Ware, a long time artist/sculptor friend of mine is featured in September 2010 “Southwest Art” Magazine! Tom is an artist through and through, he thinks, breaths and lives art. He is always pushing the creative edge and encourages other artists to do the same. In a day when profit rules the game it is refreshing to know an artist who’s aim is truth, sincerity and beauty. Way to go Tom! http://www.tomwaresculptor.com/
Heading to Grand Junction today and hope to get up to the Red Rocks and do a little painting. Can’t tell you how good it feels to be in the desert and feel/see all the colors and energy of eons of time layered across the rocks.
It’s great to be back in Colorado. The mountains are cool and green. There must be five or six plein air competitions going on in the west right now. I am sooo impressed with the quality of the artists of the Rocky Mountains.
Plein aire hill top village in France
This painting got accepted into the “Plein air Artists of Colorado” annual show which will be held at the prestigious SAKS Gallery in Denver, Colordo on June 25, 20l0 I’m pretty humbled because there were entries from across America and some of our best landscape artists will be in it!
Isn’t it great that we can celebrate so many cultures here in America?! Today I’ll get to see dancing dragons and twirling umbrellas. Maybe I’ll even be able to sample some dumplings!