The title of the piece is “Ecstacy” and I included it to provide a bit of visual stimulus to this little story about MY LIFE AND ART SO FAR, which I hope is not so long that it may cause you to lose interest. 😊
I am driven by curiosity and creativity. I’m interested in nearly everything and I’ve always loved creating art in various forms, especially painting, drawing and mural making.
It’s been my dream to create and share art as the primary activity in my life. I felt I could develop whatever was needed to achieve this, if I did not already have it. But I also had some personal blocks, not quite visible or comprehensible to me, that would just stop me from making any significant headway in that direction.
Instead I found myself working, for quite some time, in very technical fields (science, engineering, computers), mainly because the money is good, and so creating art was, at best, relegated to a recreational activity for me.
Being surrounded by many friends and family members who are involved and even making their living in the arts was very stimulating to me but, at the same time, frustrating because of my own issues on the subject.
To ease my frustration, wherever I could, I would find and focus on the more creative aspects of whatever technical endeavours I was involved in.
A few discontented decades later (I am indeed that old), in the early months of this year, I decided I’d had enough of this extremely long-winded, disheartening drudgery and that something would have to change.
So I girded my spiritual loins, and summoned up the inner strength to confront whatever was blocking me from transitioning into becoming a working artist. And when I looked hard at and fully analyzed these issues, I had a real “lo and behold!” epiphany about myself.
I discovered that I had the (not unreasonable) idea that I needed to work to survive, but also the somewhat insidious idea that work, to be work, should always be HARD and NOT ENJOYABLE. As a result, I considered activities like painting, which are extremely enjoyable to me, to be something that could never contribute to my survival and so I would never pursue them as such!
This revelation changed everything for me and FINALLY, with those blocks removed, I have now embarked on the journey of being/becoming a working artist.
I’d love to share the adventures of this journey with you and so I plan to add more posts to this blog as I tread the path, and look forward to getting your feedback along the way!
Prints of this artwork, in various sizes, are now available in my online shop. ♥️
