Life's Bowl
Colored Pencil on Ampersand Pastelboard
18 x 18
The Rainer Cherries in, and reflected on a this silver cup and the antique silver spoon near it, are kind of a metaphor for the how life is supposed to go. We all know the phases, "Born with a silver spoon in your mouth" or "Life is a bowl of cherries" As you all know I love my shiny objects and reflections. And the pieces I put them into usually go quickly and with a lot of joy. Don't get me wrong I loved the reference for this piece and the composition but I just became bogged down with life in it's process. Kind of like life was trying to prove the above noted phrases wrong.
After the successful art fundraiser which took 15 months to plan in March (I wrote a blog entry about it Last month) and my classes gearing up in early April, I just plain ran out of gas. And then the dreaded
.........Cue Ominous Music Here......... "Artist Block"....... hit me! Smack in the face! I didn't have time for it. I hadn't thought it would hit of all people me! The girl who loves to get out my colorful pencils and play with color. But it did, it hit hard and as hard as I tried I just couldn't get myself back in line. Has that ever happened to you?
I tried meditating, relaxing, fiddling with another media (Acrylics). I tried a short vacation, garden work, you name it and I just couldn't recover. So what do you do? You GOOGLE Artist's Block! Yes, you heard me right, when all else fails in this day and age you google it! And after reading articles other creative types had written, you tube videos, and the like, I stumbled on an article that said "Artists block is just procrastination, get over yourself and get going, the only way out is to get to work!" Well now I'm paraphrasing the article but that was it in a nutshell. If I thought that bit of information would have gone to my core as it did over the next couple days I would have remembered which article I found it in, so I could give the author credit here.
So if you google it you too may find that article or my blog entry, and I hope either one helps get you back on track.
Oh, and since I'm back on track, I'll let you know about my current show where I am one of the four featured colored pencil artists mentioned below. And if your in the Annapolis area before July 6th stop by and see a great show put on by the CPSA Chapter in Washington DC in the Willow Gallery at Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD May 21st - July 6th. Reception is June 1st from 2-4 PM.
