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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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Artist's Statement - HALP!
When I am asked for my Artist's Statement on Portraits I'd like to change the subject.
I usually haul out and dust off what I secretly call "My Drivel Sheet." It is so dry and boring it could be used as a safe medical alternative for opium.
Does anybody care to read a long list of "important" people that nobody really knows or cares about? I admit that maybe if I painted a president or a pope I'd want to brag about it a little.
Does an Artist Statement make a difference to anyone?
Has anyone gotten a commission because of an Artist Statement?
Did anybody ever enjoy reading an Artist Statement?
Has anybody ever seen an artist statement that is actually interesting and/or fun to read? I'd love to read it!
I need to rewrite my Artist Statement and would like some input from my fellow portrait artists. Painting a portrait is a piece of cake compared to writing one of these things. Yuck.
HALP!
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