I did not go to art school, so maybe there are many things I could have learned. But I have given up worrying about them.
The one thing no art school can prepare a student for… was the wonder of living in a solitary world of one’s own creation, the intensity of that experience, and that connection that waits in the work if you persist.
Anyone who claims to be uninspired is lazy. Inspiration is engendered by work. Get to work. Simple.
Inspiration is what motivates the artist to do a painting — but one could do a perfectly fine painting without inspiration.
The creative process is a religious act; you have to be true to it. Show up every day at the same spot in your studio/place of work, and your creativity will show up whether you expect it to or not.
A conversation about artistic vision, practice, and the importance of perseverance
Dionisio Cimarelli has been discussing his sculpture and teaching at the Art Students League with several news outlets.
“Keep the layers thin, and you can have hundreds of them so you’re staring through multiple layers until they just go on to infinity, and disappear. That gives it a luminous, otherworldly feel.”
Do people still feel the need to own, to have present in one’s life, an artifact, a painting, made by somebody else?
A fascinating illustrated interview with Ellen Eagle, “The Observed Encounter” on the site Painting Perceptions.