This piece was created during the time when I was establishing the business side of my art journey.
Dealing with attorneys, web developers, accountants, copyrights, designers and so on.
It truly was an eye opening experience of what I didn’t know about the business side of art.
This was one of my four paintings where I specifically painted portraits for a Gallery showing. The theme for this call for art was Portraits.
This was one of my first times entering into a Gallery showcase. I’m very fascinated by how woman “get ready” to go out and how they can look beautiful in any setting. The glasses seal the deal on how I imagine a movie star preps for the camera or just a night out.
Fruit and music…how do you incorporate the two?
Derivative art.
Many times I’m amazed on how quick someone can look at something and move on from it.
At times its seems like the viewer doesn’t understand, just how long, someone took to master their craft. They don’t see the countless hours, the preparation, the mistakes after mistakes, just to get something so precise. The blood, sweat and tears that goes into a finished piece of work. This piece goes out to all of us who do.
Much like the idea for Inner Strength, where the idea came from torn papers. This painting came out of the beauty of creating by not creating something in mind. A happy accident if you will.
I remember holding onto a piece of rope for a landscape project I was doing. Every time I thought I had a hold of the rope, it would slip right through my hands. I remember saying to myself “Man you’re hanging on by a piece of thread”.
One of 4 Portraits I created specifically for a Gallery call for art. I remember wanting to do something different, other than a woman, for a portrait. I was flipping through the t.v. and caught a performance by a DJ and the crowd was going nuts. The lights, the music they really couldn’t get enough of the music he was playing. The control he had over the audience was amazing.