This art thing.

Today, i’m sharing the ideas behind my recent art series.

I’m working to establish myself as an artist.
I want to do this art thing.
I want to have a style and something that you can see as mine as soon as you look at it.

A blended personal and professional pursuit.

It’s not that I wasn’t working on this before,
it’s just that I wasn’t focused.

I want to learn to follow my intuition. My spirit guides.
This art thing feels right in this moment,
so off I go.
One step at a time,
hopefully (more often than not) in the right direction.
I want to learn to feel the momentum.

I understand that failure and rejection are a necessary part of this path.
These things help dertmine said ‘right’ direction.
But these failures, in the past, have caused me to not show my work.
I now take the misteps in stride. (turn them into a dance)

I’m learning that its actually all about these flaws and failures. Everytime they show, i somehow get a little more confident- like i give less f*cks about the externals of this practice. I’m more in tune with what is inside this casing (body). I used to paint layers upon layers and as each flaw presented, i tried harder and harder to cover it.

Now, I’ve turned to the opposite (in some ways). A very different approach. Its a nice feeling- to enjoy the process and not always get stuck trying to fix everything. There is a time for fixing, a time for learning and growing, and a time to just execute. Release it. Show it. Fix it later if you need to, but move on to the next as soon as you can. i still have the perfectionism in me to fall back on if i so desire- but true expression is finally pouring through. The marks, the subjects and the essence of me and my experiences are showing through brush stokes, bold colours and compositions.

I’m so excited to release the collection I have been working on over the last couple of months - in between mom duties and after bedtime routines, I’ve stowed away to create these pieces.

The paintings will be on display for the weekend of October 24th at In Pursuit, Glass Roots, and Picaroons uptown Saint John. Please come! There is a gallery hop happening which will be super fun and fulfilling. Lots of conversation starters (art) to be seen and I don’t know about you, but I like a good wander.