These are wonderful words. I suppose it is the nature of the artist to change and want more. I used to do a commercial thing and it burned me out, primarily because there was so LITTLE art in it. Doing these heads and branching into portraiture is playing on a fear I have of when it becomes a job, does it also become work?
Perhaps I am fighting, trying to do it MY way, trying to figure out a style I can enjoy enough to explore and distinct enough to keep the client at bay. Not the right attitude. I am in the process now of a couple portrait. It is very straight forward and simple. They are enjoying the process enormously. Somehow there is a knot in my stomach each time a suggestion is made.
I am hoping to establish some sort of fine art reputation that can hold me up and make the portrait work challenging. All this is still in the planning stage, of course.
I am not sure if you saw the post from Saturday,
This is the same model, but her name, I find out late is Patricia! She had the wine glass and it did create a lot of discussion among my peers. First props, then people. Thank you, and I have Carol's marketing book. A bit old but again, lots of good advice. If only I could stop painting long enough to sell something!