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| "Reggae Night" acrylic on canvas |
Today was a very good day for me. I sold a vintage light fixture on my Etsy
Shop Anfinsen Art, https://www.etsy.com/people/AnfinsenArt,
and one of my paintings “Reggae
Night” was given “SR” (Special Recognition) in an online contest that will be
on display the entire month of March. If you’d like to see the categories and
winners go to:
All Female Art Exhibition http://www.lightspacetime.com/all-women-painting-other/ this painting may be purchased at http://carol-allen-anfinsen.artistwebsites.com
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| (Vintage Tiffany-style chandelier) |
We all need a little pat
on the back now and then. Most of the time we put the hard work in and seldom
see the payback. When we do it makes everything worthwhile.
I met a new artist this
week. She is currently doing murals down in Key West. Her brother was working
there, too, but plans on returning to the Caribbean. Mia showed me her work via
her Smart Phone – Beautiful!
I shared an idea with
her about incorporating jewels on a painting. I told her women in my art league
discouraged the practice because then it would become more craft than painting.
Mia showed me a mermaid
she had just created on a mural. Wherever the scales intersected on the tail, a
small pearl accented the connection. Stunning! Her attitude is anything goes! I
think that’s what I’m seeing out there also. If people kept doing the same
things they were taught, soon all paintings would look alike and eventually be
dull and boring. Daring to be different or to think outside the canvas is what
Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali did and hundreds of other artists who were at
first criticized and later embraced.
Keep pounding out the
paintings people! Grind your tired fingers to the bone. Some day your efforts
will be praised and purchased! Currently I’m working on one of my “boudoir”
paintings. After all the work I’ve put into it I’m still not pleased. Seems too
“static” for me; I prefer to have movement and action going on. I’m between
painting over the canvas and doing something totally different with it.
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| "Sea Breeze" acrylic on canvas (The brush led me -- see the movement?) |
Even though this
decision has set me back a few weeks, I’m willing to live with it. When
painting and creating (or whatever it is you do) becomes work, something is
wrong! When the brush leads you, sparks are flying.
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| "Sea Swirls" acrylic on canvas (Notice the movement and 3-D scales?) |
You may enjoy this music
by “Jewel” about two painters who grow old together and are still painting:
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