Last week, i participated in an all women's art show in a small venue in Dallas called The Pearl. This is the first time i have shown my work in almost a year. I wasn't sure what i was going to show...and so after working up some backgrounds with colors that give me joy, i went through some old pieces that i loved as well but just weren't "working" and decided to try and work them all together...
i received a lot of positive feedback about these pieces...i am always surprised when i get positive feedback...maybe, it's a confidence thing? maybe it's ...oh let's just face it...it is definitely a confidence issue...in that...i don't have any...but that is another story for another time...and probably a shrink or two...either way...when i do get positive feedback, it really is a boost to the 'ol heart...ya know? It got me to thinking about my work and how i want to make work that insights joy or makes people smile, or think in a positive way...i think it is easy as an artist to make work that comes from a dark place. Making work that comes from Light that isn't just plain goofy, is much harder...i think...
One friend told me that my work is finally showing how i feel inside....i was thinking about that...i think as artists our work always betrays how we feel inside...and i say "betray" because even when we don't want to show the world how we feel..it just shows up in our artwork..i think that, in order for our artwork to show joy and bring joy, sometimes we have to fight to find "it"...in life and in art, finding joy is a choice...and yes, it is something i pursue daily...it is easy to let the negative bring you down...choose to find the positive...
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