I think probably most children are drawing before they learn their letters. I remember sitting on the floor coloring with one of my father's friends, and feeling so much excitement and wonder that she had taken what was clearly a flat piece of paper and somehow stuffed a world into it. Clearly there was depth. How did she DO that? I thought art was true magic.
I still do.
I became really obsessed, at that time, with creating my own magic. I stared at the place where the walls met, where the ceiling met the walls, at light fixtures, at stairs, at my cats, at my dolls. How do I create that on PAPER?
My grandmother and uncle were both artists, and taught me a little, but my time with them was cut short. More than a decade later I began to pick up my wand again haha
Most often i work with graphite or charcoal, acrylic paints, and ink. Lately I've been learning about digital art.
My audience has been my family and friends, and I have pieces hanging in most of the homes I visit, much to my honor and delight. I like to give pieces as gifts, and I'm so honored when they are well received.
I also create art for me. I guess its more like art therapy at that point, and is a bit more controversial and divisive in its aesthetic quality. I think to myself either way, it makes people feel things. I can't complain about what they feel.
I'd really like to get into 3D design. I have an idea for a piece of art that I don't really know how to create, but I think I could start with a throw away model, just using cut up and folded paper, to pin down how I want the final result to be. Why does art feel scary sometimes?
