Artists Do Work for a Living

For those who mistakenly believe that artists "don't work" and on behalf of serious artists every where, let me set the article straight.

We work our keesters off, you just don't have the choice of finding us doing it. citizen have an idea that artists are dreamy floaters straight through life without a care. How do you think that work gets created in the first place?

You may see an artist enjoying accolades at a reception when an award is won. You don't see the hours of time preparation the work for the exhibition or the show. Sketching, painting, mixing media, creating, layering, and the classes, guilds, and study on how to couple it are very time and vigor consuming. Artists have to turn on the creative spigot if you will and let it flow - which is draining on a daily basis. At the end of the day, we're just as ready for happy hour as you are, the only divergence is we are, for the most part, enjoying what we do.

Sure, there are parts of this chosen occupation that I don't want to spend much time doing - such as wiring canvases. Pretty uncreative, but necessary. Chances are, that we enjoy the creative process so much that the mundane stuff is truly a chore.

What you see at art shows are artists on a break from creating. The art show scene is hard work also, do not be mistaken. Setting up a booth in 2 hours can be precisely backbreaking work. Personally, I never feel that my booth is 'done' without 4 hours going into it. possibly it's my high detail, visuals background where there is time to create a overwhelming display without pressure of crowds or judges and parking within range of the tent instead of the outer back 40 of the festival lot with a 12 mile hike to the car. So it's a bit of pressure, to say the least, to have it all together for judges to come and outline out what it is you are creating and give an view on it.

I too stood dreamily by watching artists in their booths at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival every April. Although I was ignorant of the standard etiquette then, request with great nerve how the artist created the work. Duh! Now I know better. This is something one does not do. The artist has come to their medium and body of works straight through trial and error, creating and figuring it out. Why then should they hand the average bystander a laundry list of the steps to create the art?

The art I create has taken 17 years to get to this point. How can I possibly distill it for someone else in a 30 second reply?

I understand now that I am living life as an artist, not just dreaming of being one how difficult it is to see someone take photographs of my image without permission or thought. To overhear, "Oh, that's easy, it's just........" Worse yet, to hear so many good comments on one's creations without netting sales at the end of the day. To these art 'patrons', may I recommend that although it's great to have compliments, we can't buy groceries with them.

I'm learning more about how this works as I go. For sure, some places are not prone to selling art. An open holder street Party is not the best art buying crowd. It's more of a neighborhood all day happy hour/yearly reunion. So an art show that happens to coincide with this is not necessarily going to do very well. citizen are not thinking of buying art at this time. That's fine, but it's not what I am here for. In other words, I feel like I'd have sold more art walking the street at this festival in a bikini rather than going to the trouble of setting up a tent and lugging it all out there.

This is part of what is so frustrating when overhearing the inane comments of the wandering public made in passing. Artists do the same amount of work, either the show is a profitable one or not. We've created the inventory ourselves, gathered it up, hauled it here and have it displayed as nicely as possible for the event. In fact, it's precisely tough when sales don't make, yet the work has to still be done tearing down the display and tents, packing it up, going home and refitting it back into the stream of our lives. Only there's not much allocation for dinner out, because sales didn't make.

True, some of us may be in our pajamas all day, but chances are we are already in our studios painting while you are still commuting in traffic. Or we are cramming time to create among the zillion other tasks involved with raising children. Many of us have worked as hard or harder at home in our pajamas ( I paint in my pj's) than many work elsewhere with business cars, budgets and built in perks - 401k's, healing insurance, and the safety of a quarterly paycheck.

The next time you attend an art show, if you like the work, don't be afraid to say so. Your enthusiastic response is appreciated, but it doesn't pay the bills for the artist ....yet.

Buying the work will show the artist how much you like it. If you're more gung ho than that, Telling your friends how much you like it and Showing it to them are key. Give out the artist's business card, or send an email with a link to the artist's website. Line up palpate for us that might net new works.

In other words, if you like it, back it up with operation and help others see it too. You, the enthusiastic appreciator of our works, are our best networking force. If you're serious about liking the art, then please take us seriously and come to be a motivating force in the sale of it.

And buy it now, before you help us come to be predominant long after we're dead.....the galvanic bill is past due!

the artist's way

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"The Hero Wore Black" "Pebbles" "Find Me" .... 3 Poems, An Artist's Journey of Self Discovery

"The Hero Wore Black" "Pebbles" "Find Me" .... 3 Poems, An Artist's Journey of Self Discovery

"The Hero Wore Black"

The hero wore black
The echo bore gifts,
and no one knows
the broken hope
as much as you and I.
Shadows dancing
in the dark.
The honorable heartbeat
in the chest.
Do you know I hope for you?
Save hope for you?

"Pebbles"

She knew there was no guess
no need to cover her eyes.
A plume in her hat
a disguise
confusing to the wise.
Distracting the mounting current of doting menaces
jealous hearts engage in such trivial accessories.
An accessory
he supposed
and was kept off guard.
With eagerness
pebbles in his hand
and in the current
of such obscenities
he drifted.
Empty spaces
an elevated view
sentimental tunnels
across the moon
and pebbles turn to roses
at the back door
where he was happy
to hold contented
yet unexpected remains.

"Find Me"

Teach me to fly.
Two rooms divide me.
Hoards of voices lead me
guide me
but find me... I can't.
I am not solid
heat me
I'll melt.
In a singular day who can say
if there is a opportunity
to take my breath away.
Find me... I cannot find me.

To all the days that disapPear
to all the ways that interfere
to all the dreams that elapsed ... Unspoken
to all the sacred moments forever ... Broken
if I am yellow
if I am brown
if I am sky
if I am gloom....

if I am you?

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the artist's way

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How to be a Tattoo Artist

Learning how to be a tattoo artist can be intriguing as there isn't exactly a university or trade school to attend and learn from. Here are some cheap ways to begin to learn the trade and art of tattooing.

1. Go to the Source. One of the best ways to learn how to be a tattoo artist is to go to the source and ask. You can gain a wealth of knowledge on how to learn the trade by going to a parlor and naturally asking the artists how they first learned. There is regularly downtime in tattoo parlors and the artists will be willing to tell you how they got started. Chances are you will get a variety of dissimilar answers, both unique and informative and they will open up new insights on how you can learn yourself.

2. custom on fruit. Many tattoo artists got started by unmistakably practicing tattooing easy designs on fruit. It's a decent way to get familiar with the tool and see if it's something you can pick up and feel comfortable with. You'll have to get entrance to some equipment, or else pick up an cheap starter kit and go to work. Once you get good and more comfortable, and most importantly, confident that you can tattoo, then you can move on to giving your friends free tattoos for supplementary practice!

3. Get a Tattoo Book. A great way to learn how to be a tattoo artist is by practicing designs in a good tattoo book. From the sketching of these designs to practicing execution, by finding at and studying unmistakably great designs you can non only come to be inspired to step your game up, but you'll have actual designs to custom creating, and from their you can learn your own strengths, weaknesses, and personal style.

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preeminent (And Infamous) Artists of the electric Guitar

Does the artist make the electric guitar, or the electric guitar make the artist? I calculate the sass to that question would vary significantly depending on who you asked. A maker such as Gibson, Fender, or Yamaha would probably reply that an artist can only be as good as his instrument. But a guitarist, while likely to sass the point of a good guitar, would probably want to take the lion's share of the prestige for himself. This is the "chicken and the egg" question of the musical world and one to which we will probably never know the answer. Fortunately, even without knowing it, we can still enjoy the outrageous talent that electric guitarists have displayed over the decades.

Keith Richards. My favorite quote about this gentleman comes from comic Robin Williams's 2002 Live on Broadway performance: "I know there is a cure for whatever bioterrorism they send at us. I know that there is one, and it lies within Keith Richards, I know that. He's the only man on the planet who can go 'Anthrax? (sniff) Alriiiight!'" Sums it up, don't you think? Mr. Richard, guitarist for The Rolling Stones, is a astonishing example of the rock and roll electric guitar player. He's rebellious, scandalous, filthy rich and still going strong.

Eddie Van Halen. A poster child for the big hAir era of the 80s, this man is still recognized thirty years after the publish of his band's first album, which was entitled "Van Halen." Hey, if both the band and the album are named after you, that kind of says it all. Van Halen didn't confine his talents to his own band, either, and he contributed a guitar solo to the song of another 80s icon. The icon was Michael Jackson and the song was Beat It. No wonder this guy is still (in)famous.

Carlos Augusto Santana Alves. No, I didn't know he had four names either, to me he'll always be "Santana." This gentleman first became predominant over forty years ago and he's showing no sign of slowing down. His genres contain rock, blues, salsa and jazz fusion. His music has experienced a resurgence in popularity over the last decade or so and in 2003, Rolling Stone named Santana whole 15 on their list of 100 many Guitarists of all Time. Talk about getting the industry's stamp of approval.

Jimi Hendrix. There has possibly never been an electric guitarist who more strongly influenced the commerce or who more perfectly embodied a generation. He has, posthumously, been inducted into both the Us Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Uk Music Hall of Fame. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a sculpture on the streets of his hometown, Seattle, Wash., and an eternal place in the annals of not only American music, but American history as well. A sizable performer and a great innovator, Rolling Stone named him whole one on its 2003 list of the 100 many Guitarists of All Time. He remains one of the most predominant artists ever to have lived.

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