It is upon us...the end of the semester. On my drive home from the studio the other night the reoccurring question popped back into my head, "what is art?"
So I started to wonder if anyone else has rethought this over-asked, but necessary question, and if their once original statement earlier on in the semester, has now changed.
I know mine has, perhaps even taken a slight step backwards?
I spoke with a member of my committee about his thoughts on why as artists we do what we do. He spoke of a famous artist who spoke often about this phenomenon of continuing to press forward as an artist, even if we fail. He said, that we see visually in our heads how we want a piece or even our art to look, so we chase after it, always striving to obtain that image in our heads and have our works of art match that image. Sometimes we get very close, but we never quit have it "right." So we chase after that image or body of work, some for a while, others for the rest of their lives.
Picasso was the artist that spoke often about this phenomenon, I think what he said holds alot of validity.
The chase is on!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
April 13, 2010
Sometimes it's not "easy" to create or be creative everyday. For the past several months I have been in one studio or the other almost everyday and every weekend. Long hours early on in the semester have really paid off for my paintings. With the ceramics end of it....not nearly as much as I would liked to have been able to work in the studio. I made a commitment with myself that if I allowed myself to take ceramics I needed to be stern in regards to my time spent in my painting studio vs the clay studio. I've kept that commitment. Today I am tired...and I really do not feel like being productive. While watching an Art 21 episode....Susan Rothenburgh, who is a painter, said "I do something everyday in my studio... every day, even if it is one brush stroke, at least I will know I did something today." Note to self: make one brush stoke on a painting today. Maybe it'll lead to another and then another.....and before you know it, a painting will be completed, or on its way to being "done." I'm still tired.
Monday, April 12, 2010
April 12, 2010
I, with the help of a few, fired off the baby kiln. First the top was too hot ...then the bottom was too cold....then visa versa....then I was in reduction when I was not supposed to be in reduction....and on and on it went. I came to the conclusion that firing a kiln is kinda like having giving birth to a child....its alot of pain in the process and you question why you are doing it, but the end result is worth it! Opening up that kiln, even if some of the pots were not a "success," has to be the best thing in the world! I am addicted, but I already knew that!
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