http://www.artcalendar.com/home.asp Art Calendar is a very helpful business magazine. My favorite writer is Jack White, to whom I refer occasionally as my “guru”. Three plus years ago the magazine carried an article by him that bluntly stated pencil was almost a guarantee of poverty and oil was the road to success. After I came to and remembered to breathe, I began considering this. It took considerable conversations with my husband, other artists, God and myself before I was willing to even picture myself painting. (To quote my friend S, I had “anal myopia” – just couldn’t see my arse going there!) There were many signs that it was the logical next step, and many offers of help. After a number of attempts to find a teacher, I gave in to Jack’s wisdom that there is not a thing wrong with being “self- taught”. The truth is that I have been taught by friends, books, videos, lots of practice and 2 teachers whose classes I quit halfway through!
These are some of my earliest oranges.
These are from a few months ago.
I suppose if you could see both in person or if my photography was more consistent, you could see the difference in the level of skill. But, here’s a bit more myopia for you, in these photos I can only see the difference in my signature!
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