There are so many talented artists out there, I sometimes despair at the prospect of continuing in my hobby (it seems like just a hobby when compared to some artistic careers out there…). Just a few examples below that I’ve found on Etsy of folks just like me: painting for art’s sake and trying to make a little money at the same time.
Even though each of these was created by a different artist, they all share a similar ethereal, impressionistic quality that I love. I suppose it is seeing paintings like these that inspires me to continue in my quest of re-creating the beautiful things that surround us in life. Why put in on a canvas? There is something intangible about “real live” beauty that often can be captured and exhibited with paint on a canvas, or with a camera, or in the many other media out there. It is the constant working out of that process–from the real to the created to the understood reality–that is the artist’s task.
At the Marble Festival last weekend there was a juried exhibition; all local artists. When I get back home, I’ll post the link to their organization.
Hope you can connect with something like that.
J’adore Etsy! Beware–it’s addicting.