Creating Art When Life Gets Difficult
Creating art when life gets difficult may seem impossible. Discover ways that can help you move forward in the studio.
03/10/2023
52 in 52
Create 52 works in 52 weeks! This pursuit arose after emerging victoriously from a particularly character-building period of life.
In returning to my studio practice, I considered narrative realism demanded too much preparation and planning. Worn out from an extended rebuild of my home whilst living in it, I opted to pursue abstraction. Knowing that abstraction was not easy, I gave myself an extended time of studio play with no expectations other than to see where it all might lead if I pushed myself to create one abstract each week. Importantly, I am motivated by having a specific goal.
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The first works resulting from this pursuit debuted July 2024.
The value of making crap art
Making crap art is what I gave myself permission to do when I returned to my studio after a really tough year in 2022. Find out why.
22/09/2023
Winning in the Art Studio!
Winning in the art studio can be a big challenge when there’s a lot of living going on! So, how do you get into studio to create meaningfully?
10/09/2023
Overcoming failure, mistakes & setbacks
Overcoming failure, mistakes, and setbacks: Analyse them to transform them into powerful boosts for your creative efforts
26/08/2023
The challenge of printing with oil-based ink
Printing with oil-based ink is a huge change from my previous experience of monoprinting with water-based Inktense.
19/08/2023
Monoprinting with Inktense makes beautiful art
Monoprinting with Inktense on the most rigourously pretreated paper has produced my favourite abstract works so far. Solving problems increased creativity.
14/08/2023
Discover 3 important creative truths in the art studio
Discover three important creative truths that have help me to thrive in the studio this year, starting with my current ‘Red Playground’ collection.
30/07/2023
Uplifting transformation with pigment ink
The uplifting transformation with pigment ink is fully on display bringing cohesion to the developing batik-like appearance.
22/07/2023
Truth is, creating art is a strange allegory of life
The very act of creating art is a strange allegory of life. At least, that’s the way I see it, as I push through on difficult new work in the studio.
15/07/2023