A Free Day means No Expense
Today is Saturday, December 9th, 2006 for those of you who may be wondering. I'm one week removed from the operation, and still not feeling all that great - pain is still there, slowly diminishing. But, it's still at the point where physically moving is not easy, and that means I won't attend CITP today -that's Community Integral Transformative Practice, for those of you who didn't know. It is a fine mind/body/heart/soul practice in a community setting, and for me today, it's the "body" part that has me falling short. If I can't participate in the physical movements that form a major part of each meeting, the only other reason to go is for the friendships. On a day like today, with rain coming down, I've made the decision to stay home, which gets me to the 'free day" part of this.
My work is relatively light (although I do owe someone a big piece of great art, which I will put my attention on as soon as I am feeling 100%). I have a few more winery tasting rooms to draw in pencil for an illustrated map, but will need to wait for approval to go on to ink. As it is Saturday, I don't think I will be receiving that approval today. This means that after a few hours of work, I will be ready to face one of my favorite challenges: a big, blank piece of white watercolor paper! Oh, boy!
I could begin a big "Louis Armstrong" for which I did a fine sketch a few days ago, or a mandela the type of which I used to do way back when I was more of a seeker. But it is a pure abstract that is calling to me. I have not done one in a few months and the freedom of them is most alluring. It's the freedom of not needing to draw anything literal and the freedom of the expression coming from the visceral decsion making that dominates this type of art, even if the intellect is involved as well. Since I began doing this type of art six years ago, Payne's Gray pieces have been what have attracted me the most, and I just got a new tube of it. So, before beginning, this is what I have in my mind (that's the intellect). I know that it will change organically as I work on it, and that's where the fun and adventure lie.
This is the type of art that I had few thoughts of generating income from when I began doing them. That is often my yardstick for validation, of course. But it so happens that I did sell some half dozen of these abstracts this year, with another sale in the offing, and I'm proud of that. We self-taught artists need to feel proud of ourselves and our art, and if sales are part of that, so be it. Of course, I rarely sell an orignal piece for as much as I'd like to, but that's another story.
My work is relatively light (although I do owe someone a big piece of great art, which I will put my attention on as soon as I am feeling 100%). I have a few more winery tasting rooms to draw in pencil for an illustrated map, but will need to wait for approval to go on to ink. As it is Saturday, I don't think I will be receiving that approval today. This means that after a few hours of work, I will be ready to face one of my favorite challenges: a big, blank piece of white watercolor paper! Oh, boy!
I could begin a big "Louis Armstrong" for which I did a fine sketch a few days ago, or a mandela the type of which I used to do way back when I was more of a seeker. But it is a pure abstract that is calling to me. I have not done one in a few months and the freedom of them is most alluring. It's the freedom of not needing to draw anything literal and the freedom of the expression coming from the visceral decsion making that dominates this type of art, even if the intellect is involved as well. Since I began doing this type of art six years ago, Payne's Gray pieces have been what have attracted me the most, and I just got a new tube of it. So, before beginning, this is what I have in my mind (that's the intellect). I know that it will change organically as I work on it, and that's where the fun and adventure lie.
This is the type of art that I had few thoughts of generating income from when I began doing them. That is often my yardstick for validation, of course. But it so happens that I did sell some half dozen of these abstracts this year, with another sale in the offing, and I'm proud of that. We self-taught artists need to feel proud of ourselves and our art, and if sales are part of that, so be it. Of course, I rarely sell an orignal piece for as much as I'd like to, but that's another story.
posted by Rich Sigberman at
7:02 AM
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