Where do you find inspiration? Better yet, what inspires you? I used to have one source of inspiration. Let
me rephrase that. As far as what I want
to accomplish with my life, I had one source.
Kelly Rae Roberts. I love
her. I love her artwork. I love what she’s managed to accomplish all
on her own. I am starting to step out of
that box and realize that there are other artists out there who have
accomplished similar things. I have been
doing a lot of research, and I managed to convince myself that I can do it too.
As far as art is concerned, I look at
blogs of other artists all the time. I love
seeing what other artists doing, learning new techniques and getting ideas for
my work. However, I’m starting to think
I’m spending way too much time doing that and not doing art. There’s inspiration, and then there’s time
being sucked away from my life. I don’t
want to fall victim to all this technology we have. It’s incredible what you can accomplish on a
computer, but there’s a fine line there.
Once you cross over, it’s hard to not just stay there. I don’t want to give up looking at blogs and
taking online workshops and all those awesome things, but I don’t want to lose
myself in the process.
On another note, I’m trying to find inspiration in other
ways. Maybe the fact that I didn’t go to
art school, makes it more difficult for me to know where to look and what to
look for. I hear people say their work
is inspired my nature, and sometimes I just don’t see it in their work. I’m a pretty literal person, and that may be my
problem. If I see a picture of a tree,
and someone says they were inspired by it, I expect to see a painting of a
tree. I guess that’s why I’m not an
abstract artist! I guess that’s also why
I rely so much on other artists’ work to inspire me. I have been very inspired by my daughter
lately. She is such an amazing little
person. She loved to draw and
paint. I love the fact that she will
just sit and draw or paint. She doesn’t
give it any thought. She just does. I envy the freedom she feels. She is going to be a great little artist.
This is one of my daughter's amazing drawings. I don't know a lot about kid's abilities, but it amazes me that she can do this at the age of 3. This is a pony and rainbow.
One thing I wish for is to find a balance between looking
for inspiration, being inspired and putting that inspiration to work. I hope everyone is able to find that
balance. It’s not an easy thing, at
least for me. I am very easily
distracted though. Maybe that’s my
biggest problem.
