Even going to Art Galleries, yeah I loved the trip and getting out of school and all, but all I seemed to see were old paintings with sad stories and love starved artists, or some mad Abstract pictures with triangles and squares or paint splashed on a canvas that my 2year old nephew could do. Nothing I saw ever seemed to resonate with me.
Maybe I wasn't going to see the right exhibitions? I don't know, but I know what I did see didn't make me feel excited or inspired enough to want to come back and visit again.
I actually used to feel weird about it. Like why would I feel this way, if I myself wanted to be an Artist? Shouldn't I be in my element in a gallery? Shouldn't I want to soak up as much information I can about the Artists that came before me?
And this snobbery that comes with a lot of Art Galleries... I mean I've often walked into a gallery and felt really awkward. Been made to feel as if I didn't belong, I shouldn't be there.
All of these things really made me question if I was meant to be an Artist?
I believe you should Love what you do, it should feel right, you should just know it's meant to be, but these things made me doubt myself and my place in the Art world.
It's only recently that I've felt like I belong. Things really seem to be changing. Theres a new buzz about Art. Computers and the Internet have really opened the doors to a lot of people. Art is a lot more accessible, to people of all backgrounds. And you can see and be influenced, inspired and motivated by Artists from all over the world without even leaving your sofa :)
The First Artist I came across that really Blew me Away was Mark Demsteader. http://www.demsteader.com/index.html
He was the first Artist I ever saw that I'd really Love to own a piece of his work. That I felt like I wished I had've painted his pictures! :)
I just think his work is Amazing!! I Love how realistic his pictures are, as in how real the people look, they seem to be proportionately perfect. But its obvious it's not a photograph. The rendering is messy, unperfect, almost dirty looking, but yet still beautiful.
More recently some other Artists I found who's work I really like.. (Click on them to see them bigger. They are Well worth a good look!)
From left to right Bec Winnel(My charlie girl), Coco Electra, Bec Winnel again, Allison Torneros. In The next strip I'm not sure who made the first two and a guy called Travis did the last one. I found most of these on http://www.talentdatabase.com/a brilliant website, very inspiring to browse through. I have a listing myself. It's got some of the Art I did that I really like. It's http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art/profiles/1428102-Jess-Bridgeman
Hopefully I'll be adding some new pieces along the way, in the quest to find my new style.
