Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Path of an Artist


I've been busy in the studio, and neglecting my blog. :( But the work has been happening, and finished pieces are stacking up in the spare bedroom, and at the framers. As I paint, I'm still trying to find that happy medium between the expressive color, style and subject matter I love to paint, and the color style and subject matter that is appealing to a broad enough section of the public, that I can make sales and $$$. Right now, public acceptability is winning out, although I am enjoying the tropical colors of these new pieces, they feel a bit "mechanical" or like formula paintings.....they don't have the little bits of heart and soul I can put into my Expressionistic work. Painting people as a subject I can infuse them with purpose and emotion......trees are just trees, and mountains are just mountains. I need to learn "landscape language"..maybe I already know it, and I just don't realize it. ???


Well its back to work..time to talk to the palm trees. :) Later