Sunday, August 22, 2010

Art show time - GET INSPIRED ALREADY!!

So, it is 3 weeks before an art show and I am struggling with inspiration. A friend recently told me I should get out of my comfort zone and paint things I've never painted before. She said, "no trees, plants, swirls, thick lines and textures, black outlines, bright colors, and no mirror."

Yeah, right!! There would be NOTHING left of me if I didn't have those things. They are who I am as an artist. My "style" is thick texture, bright colors, swirls, plants, and definitely the MIRROR!

So I looked around on the web at some cool art. My favorite website I came across was www.ipaintfish.com
Fantastic stuff! Very inspiring.

Another way I try to inspire myself is to buy new supplies. Kind of silly, but new supplies makes me wanna play! New toys! Today I bought LOTS of different size canvas, spray paint, round mirrors, and a new bottle of black paint. I love AC Moore and Michaels! Now I wanna play!

I am super excited about the upcoming art show. This year, they are having a whole week FULL of art related events, through theatre, dance, poetry, parade and art. Sounds like it will be an awesome thing to be a part of and I am proud to say that I am.


The 9th Annual Downtown Wilmington ArtWalk is
September 11th, 2010, from 10-5

CoolWilmington.Com in sponsorship by the Downtown Business Alliance of Wilmington presents the 9th Annual Downtown Wilmington ArtWalk. We close down Front St.(which is the main street thru downtown Wilmington) and set up the artists down the middle of the street, for 6 blocks. Pedestrians stroll down thru the area to explore all of the wonderful items on display. In the past, this event has drawn over 10,000 people throughout the day.


It's going to be an awesome event. I hope you can come see me. I'll be the artist with the "trees, plants, swirls, thick lines and textures, black outlines, bright colors, and mirror."


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