Tag: art inspiration
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Crashing Tales
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel (from The Painter’s Keys) One writer sees the culture of creative people as “crashing” leading him to lament about the state of the current art world. He believes artists are seen as “cultural elites” “idle dreamers” or “self-indulgent parasites.” […]
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Persistence to Transformation
A rubber chicken becomes a beautiful hummingbird! One of the most wonderful parts of teaching painting workshops is when you get to be in on a magical transformation. This past Saturday’s workshop participants, like so many other workshops, consisted of a mix of the never painted before, rusty haven’t painted in years, and experienced artists expanding […]
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The Captivating Amaryllis
Symbolic of success, strength and determination, the Amaryllis’ name means “to sparkle” and so it does!
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Beautifully Purposeful
“Create we must, and respond to this dark hour.” Makoto Fujimura The artistic process for many can be a compulsion, striving to express an idea, a thought, a feeling bubbling up from deep inside. The expression is often not consciously mulled over before erupting into reality. How much time is spent reflecting on the purpose […]
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Weekend Inspiration–Nature Inspired Inventions
Fun and amazing inventions inspired by the humble gecko and other small creatures. Nature is so amazing and always a great source of inspiration and information. Its fascinating to me to see how inventors come up with their ideas.
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Pathway to Purpose
“Find purpose, means will follow.” Mahatma Gandhi (from The Painter’s Keys) Do artists need to have a purpose? Many artists will say they just want to make art. Purpose doesn’t matter as long as they can make art. But is that really true? If an artist is jumping from one subject to another, one […]
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Chancing the Serendipitous
“Serendipity is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” Author Unknown (from The Painter’s Keys) Everyone wants to lay claim to serendipity. Search for artists and serendipity and the return is pages and pages of artists using the term “serendipity” in association with their work. A number of art galleries also go by the name “Serendipity.” Is […]
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Outside Inside
“It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling (from Skinnyartist) What happens when the Insiders become stale and must seek new inspiration? The only option is to look outside. It has always been so and now more than ever. Insiders jump from fad to fad, novelty to […]
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Weekend Inspiration–How to be a Successful Artist
Interesting video on the business side of being an artist. Happy Weekend!