Feb. 9
The beauty of boundaries in art is often overlooked even your support is in itself a boundary. People think of painters and sculptors as magicians if they don’t feel they have the skills themselves. The reality is that there are sets of skills that allow artists to thrive.
There are the principles of design and the elements of art, there are the limitations of your supplies and the support you choose. There are the restrictions of the shape or form and the list can go on and on.
Once an artist embraces the limitations and begins to bounce ideas off of them things begin to flow.
Jan. 31
Thinking about creativity:
Sharpening this skill takes practice and there are a few approaches that've helped me-
fluidity-managing your own expectations of the final result
flexibility with the materials at hand and the expected result
boundaries, sounds strange but giving yourself a set of criteria or a theme will help
open to experimentation along the way
open to chance occurrences and embracing them
looking at accidents as happy things that will eventually make the work better
giving yourself freedom to vary what's happening
find a place that feels safe to create-don't ask for input until you are really ready to hear it because it could derail you
use all your senses, understand the elements of design as foundational and the principles as building blocks
be present
don't view a limitation in supplies or materials as a stopping point--press forward and see if you can finish with what you have
embrace your limitations and the limitations around you--being tired or crabby or having an irritation can impact your ability to create
2010
I finished up Studio 210, at Neville Public Museum, this August and they will hang two new images from the Studio in 2011 for a show, Fall 2011. As well as being included in the Richeson 75 this fall, showing in November and December 2010, and this past spring the NWTC ArtWalk. It has been a good year!
Sept. 11 wass the Botanical Garden Harvestfest , a free day at the Gardens with a ton of exhibit and vendor booths ... seems like a great way to see the beauty there.
And late Sept. was the ArtCraftic in downtown Green Bay. Great event! This helped some friends and I raise a combined total of $650.00 to give to an AIDs charity project. More info below.
The Project: Right now I am also trying to raise money for friends who are working with AIDS orphans. They'd like to start a project to feed these kids. I have cards prints and other things for sale including a another Blurb book. Cookbook is online, the cards, pins and custom work you can contact me for.
Other info: Portfolio images in Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography to the left. Art Class information: Please contact me with individual requests. See the Art Class page for more info. Resources are available upon request for Art Teachers, events, and sales.
Aug. 26
AND The No Ticket Tailgate Party now has it's own site at http://notickettailgateparty.com/default.aspx as well as some albums here. 09
July 19
A word about the Community Art Project:
"Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known." Oscar Wilde.
Brainstorms lead to a sheet of 4’ x 8’ plywood being mounted to the wall. We called it “The Community Art Project” thinking it was a good way to help those leery of contributing a complete work of art or those who thought they could only draw stick people. It worked to some degree.
At first I was disappointed at the sheer number of people who just wrote; they added words, verses and sayings. I didn’t like where it was going but through it there were small additions and then large ones and blocks of color that started pulling it together. In the end I must say that I have seldom been as surprised as I was with this odd but really cool piece of art. It was bright, whimsical, free-flowing and ultimately both spontaneous and a patchwork of glimpses into the lives of passers-by. I won’t soon forget it. 09
