Monthly Paint Classes Are Moving to Patreon!
I’ve been at this whole thing for a few years now and I’ve still not found a great way to connect with my audience in a more meaningful way. Instagram falls through the cracks time and time again, emailing blasts make me feel icky (thank you to everyon...
Wanting to give a little nod to the Blomster Collection, I brought 18k gold leaf into the mix. My first time applying real gold leaf was hilarious. I had no idea it’d float like a feather around my studio and shatter into bits if I merely breathed next to it.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but you’re not a sellout if you make prints of your fine art originals. Alternatively, you can absolutely release your work to the world and make fine art collections even if you’re not a master painter, even if you didn’t go to art school.
Artists spend most of their time painting and coming up with new art collections. I wish! I wish so badly that’s all there was to do to make a living as an artist. Sadly, that is not the way of the world of creative entrepreneurship. One day, I will be in a position where I can outsource all the tasks that I’m weakest at and focus more of my time on actually painting. Alas, today I wear many hats. The vast majority of my time is spent turning my artwork into prints.
Believe it or not, I develop clarity on what inspires a collection not on the onset, but only once it’s been completed for some time. Why I choose to paint what I paint doesn’t reveal itself to me until I’ve stepped away from them for a while. And sure enough, that’s what happened with the ...
This collection is of storms; coming, going, just about to break. Clouds that are in motion - moving, erupting and then dissipating again. You can see movement in every sky painted, swift winds that are taking your eye from one corner to the next, just as each day this year has swept you from one extreme to another.