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As they say, nothing to fear but fear!
I have been hibernating in the 108 of Arizona and feeling very depressed. Less from the actual situation than the lack of ideas to improve it! I think that as long as I have the ideas those seeds are scattering.
I have had some criticism for the general concept. I personally think that there needs to be some consideration for style and originality. I am never going to be happy as a slick and photo realistic painter, so I don't want to even try to promote the look. I love painting so much, I am trying - in my samples - to emphasize an aspect of portraits that I feel I do better than others and steer away from the areas where I am less strong. I am not a background girl. So I try to keep a sense of the internal life of the subject and less of the real environment.
Using painterly demos I keep hoping the rebels will see themselves in the work and know they have the kindred spirit for the work. I am also a performer and have no problems with crowds. I have a hard time at the end of the night with missing brochures and no real names to follow up with. THAT is the economy.
Well, off to find puppies. I have been doing a nice little bread and butter fur and feather job so far. I just crave flesh. I am feeling a bit empty for lack of human subjects but there is a real joy in the pet portrait crowd. There is deep compassion for the imagery. They LOVE it or hate it. Nice to feel that in the reactions.
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