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Old 08-15-2004, 02:37 PM   #7
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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Getting the client out of the studio!

There is a reason we become artists, and I dare say it is NOT to paint the visions of others. There are times, it is all too true that we have to do something to pay for our existence. I have plenty of those mysterious little potboilers lurking around ready to make an unwanted appearance at any moment. Fortunately, I have let them go unsigned or scribble an undecipherable cartouche on them, so like a bad mother I can deny most of them.

Paint something you really love to paint, something that defines you and your point of view. Generally speaking that orders ones style and give an undeniable originality and content to our work. That is not possible to do when we are always consulting that imaginary client, who in most cases can be a real killjoy and a big stifler of creativity.

You can always have a group of drawings or still lifes that can be turned into sales, if the direction you want to go seems a little scary, but enticing. It is better to be a little scared than to always take the safest route. You never know what you can achieve unless you challenge yourself.

From the lovely work I have seen you do, you certainly are
up to the challenge.

Good Luck, I will be looking forward to your next piece.
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