Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
New Work...
Back re-visiting seascapes again,,,rather pleased with the one on the easel..`have two other works in stages of progress ..sold one painting last week which gets shipped to a company collection. Small steps...have an exhibition at the Staincliffe Hotel on the 28th November. This week will see a focus on marinescapes and some still life genre.
Sold...above. work below in progress.
Sold...above. work below in progress.
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Thoughts and things...Time will tell......
I have worked on floral designs and depictions this week, one more sale has been encouraging too. I can see the benefit of having online art for sale in a virtual gallery and real time work in a gallery for live viewing. January will see my work placed in another gallery in the North East, so two live galleries should help my sales further.I have created a range of work now , with prices to suit all budgets. I have noticed that keep work at £50 and lower , works move, so have created work for that market too. Means a little mass production and speed work, but that is a far better option than returning to teaching.....
Still reflecting a lot on the past 4 years , all the good times, all the bad , achievements and recognition....kind of puts things into perspective....I still marvel how one persons actions can set off a change of events that become magnanimous in outcome.....so much has changed in four years....I also realise how easy it is too be consumed by the wants of others in a role , merely for the sake of power play....and being dependant on a monthly wage...it is so sad that we as human beings set so much against the monthly wage....and compromise ourselves and our values just for security...sad but so true..being alone now in my own world...I marvel at how much I can do in a day art wise, without trying to just fit it in between marking and planning....or working during a holiday...at least full time now I can work in 8-9 hour runs of work without interruption.
I am certainly grateful for the time I have had to date working on building my portfolio and developing my art sales into a proper business model that actually pays all the bills...as someone once said to me...time will tell !!! I guess time has allowed me to move forwards, thankyou my dear friend !!
Still reflecting a lot on the past 4 years , all the good times, all the bad , achievements and recognition....kind of puts things into perspective....I still marvel how one persons actions can set off a change of events that become magnanimous in outcome.....so much has changed in four years....I also realise how easy it is too be consumed by the wants of others in a role , merely for the sake of power play....and being dependant on a monthly wage...it is so sad that we as human beings set so much against the monthly wage....and compromise ourselves and our values just for security...sad but so true..being alone now in my own world...I marvel at how much I can do in a day art wise, without trying to just fit it in between marking and planning....or working during a holiday...at least full time now I can work in 8-9 hour runs of work without interruption.
I am certainly grateful for the time I have had to date working on building my portfolio and developing my art sales into a proper business model that actually pays all the bills...as someone once said to me...time will tell !!! I guess time has allowed me to move forwards, thankyou my dear friend !!
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Ticking Time....
It has taken all of 7 months to realise that it is no good to simply ''do something'' because it is a job...its a waste of one,s time and life too...but so easy to do something that simply pays a wage...and then get trapped in that position...but sometimes we follow the easy route and simply just ...do the job because it is safe and secure...and there are those ever present financial obligations etc..most of us have them...
...however just having the time to be me again and to do/create what I enjoy....has been a blessing in the pursuit of balance and control. Control was taken away when I joined a large organisation some 11 years ago...and its only now that I have been able to throw off those chains of ''restriction and compromise'' , and take control of my own time again...at least I have now an 'appreciation' of what I achieve now...not simply being perceived as a pawn in a giant chess game that I had no control/influence of, but was merely a piece to be pushed in multiple directions without consultation...
Others were always playing games with my life, believing they somehow where superior in apparently knowing what was right or best , without even discussing topics/situations with me....that now has been wiped away...and as a result of that process...and having time to reflect on how people meddled with my career over the last 12 years , has brought me to the conclusion that I don't ever want to be a pawn again..
being free has allowed me to re focus on what is important to me and has allowed me to choose my own path....being away from those negative forces that sought to make my life difficult for their own pleasure....is a further blessing and makes me loathe to ever want to work for a large organisation again...self employed is perhaps the only logical path to follow...I guess I am just wary now of the ''gift bearers'' who had knives hidden behind presents!!!
This week will see me forge ahead with floral work, in the run up to Xmas...hope sales go well...love art , love life...freedom is good too.
https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/130529
...however just having the time to be me again and to do/create what I enjoy....has been a blessing in the pursuit of balance and control. Control was taken away when I joined a large organisation some 11 years ago...and its only now that I have been able to throw off those chains of ''restriction and compromise'' , and take control of my own time again...at least I have now an 'appreciation' of what I achieve now...not simply being perceived as a pawn in a giant chess game that I had no control/influence of, but was merely a piece to be pushed in multiple directions without consultation...
Others were always playing games with my life, believing they somehow where superior in apparently knowing what was right or best , without even discussing topics/situations with me....that now has been wiped away...and as a result of that process...and having time to reflect on how people meddled with my career over the last 12 years , has brought me to the conclusion that I don't ever want to be a pawn again..
being free has allowed me to re focus on what is important to me and has allowed me to choose my own path....being away from those negative forces that sought to make my life difficult for their own pleasure....is a further blessing and makes me loathe to ever want to work for a large organisation again...self employed is perhaps the only logical path to follow...I guess I am just wary now of the ''gift bearers'' who had knives hidden behind presents!!!
This week will see me forge ahead with floral work, in the run up to Xmas...hope sales go well...love art , love life...freedom is good too.
https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/130529
Monday, 11 November 2013
New Week
Have reshuffled my display at the Gallery, added some semi-commercial Xmas work , to offer a broader price range, to cater for all budgets.
Will be building work for the exhibition at the Staincliffe, over the next two weeks. Sold a small work yesterday...a sale is a sale...so that is a good start to the week...work in progress below...
Will be building work for the exhibition at the Staincliffe, over the next two weeks. Sold a small work yesterday...a sale is a sale...so that is a good start to the week...work in progress below...
Friday, 8 November 2013
As ''Time'' goes by...
THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE REALLY MADE NE LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME ....Art is where I want to be and working on new creative projects and ideas, is for me, extremely important and keeps me motivated moving forward, also being away from outside controlling forces, that push and pull me away from what is important to me career wise, is something I want to avoid at all costs. I guess I'll have to increase my work rate even further to stay away from negative influences , that could pull me back into the world of ''sheepdom'', just working for a cheque, with no real intellectual reward or stimulation...did that for too long, wasted too many years just working to pay bills....can't go back down that road...have to make art sell and really need to expand network faster and more effectively...its like a race right now..in my head I have a cut off date and have to be realistic about the income side of things...the last few months have allowed me to be who I want to be and what I'm most interested in pursuing as a career. Now its the time to pull all the hours of work together and generate some new sales in the run up to Xmas. I enjoy my own work space and controlling my own life, returning to work for something else or someone else would be contrary to all the sacrifice over the last few months...here is hoping to good sales over the next few months.
Links to new work are : https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/130538
https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/
Links to new work are : https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/130538
https://www.artgallery.co.uk/work/
Negative Energy keeps me awake...
Woke up early this morning as could not sleep, so it seemed pointless staying in bed staring at the ceiling...I always wonder at the power of thought to redress issues that play upon our inner conciousness. Its thoughts pertaining to the last few months that keep coming back and getting me riled at 1am , 3am etc...
'A moss that gathers nothing, a bird singing a gib and a cold wind from the east....' funny , I wonder if those elements know what it is like to have a life disjointed and turned on its head....the fallout has been costly in terms of balance in my life , and walking down the art route now , constantly reinforces my belief in following a career now that is best for one as an individual, and not just pandering to what pays the most....also being free from the sheep syndrome of having to follow directives by default, because of being employed and following the party line creates less 'conflict'....nothing worse in life to have to work under the yoke of poor management that thinks 'its' power is absolute....power corrupts, absolute power corrupts completely.Seen it, been there, witnessed it first hand...
Can say one thing for certain, being free of elements that seek to repress or control, has been a blessing pover the last few months, it has allowed me to focus on what I want to do, what I want to avoid and how I wish to spend my life doing what I want to do and knot pandering to some else's ego...met too many of those over the last few years...art has been a great levelling tool of late...its allowed me just time to focus and think what I want from life and a career...I have moved away from the idea of simply joining a line of sheep and turning me life into a series of repetitive cycles just doing the same thing, over and over again...also tired of being judged ...as some sort of mark of ability....especially by those who just play the power game...
Being free from that now makes me realise how negative a process is employed and how subjective observations are...if you are a marked for extermination, the powers that be will make it near impossible to pass those so called tests of ones ability to do a dance....you can dance the jig of a life time, but if the
audience is disinterested, your efforts will go in vain...and the judge will castigate you...for their lack of involvement....something not right in that outcome...
We watch a film, and are there because we are interested in the story line , the genre etc, but its a choice nevertheless, yet in a classroom one is expected to find a totally engaged audience in what essentially is a show, attended without free will ...so of course there will be a level of disengagement..how can an individual be judged on others engagement to a topic? Something not right in that....I suppose education is moving down a very treacherous road with systems employed internally that are so subjective as to make the outcomes geared to favouritism and nepotism ......and certainly swing in favour of the latter...especially if you are in the circle.....artists by their nature on generally not in the circle, because they question....and one should never question in a system that is power absolute...however power absolute is not permanent... it allows sheep mentality to prevail , for a while, but then like Libya, the sheep get restless eventually...and the rest becomes is history...Gadaffi was power absolute, but we know today how redress was eventually achieved...and balance restored .
Time is a great healer they say, but I know that negative events that litter my life come back periodically to haunt my inner self and play upon my mind, normally twisting my thought pattern , just like it is happening all over again, making the past somehow feel its here and now...but in fact its old unresolved issues that return to dance and prod me..almost mocking...I hate those flashbacks...they create too much negativity in my mind..I think today I will walk on the beach, paint like there is no tomorrow and try and bury that jester that is keeping me from my sleep...rambling over and back to reality.....got to try shake the demons...some work from yesterday...
'A moss that gathers nothing, a bird singing a gib and a cold wind from the east....' funny , I wonder if those elements know what it is like to have a life disjointed and turned on its head....the fallout has been costly in terms of balance in my life , and walking down the art route now , constantly reinforces my belief in following a career now that is best for one as an individual, and not just pandering to what pays the most....also being free from the sheep syndrome of having to follow directives by default, because of being employed and following the party line creates less 'conflict'....nothing worse in life to have to work under the yoke of poor management that thinks 'its' power is absolute....power corrupts, absolute power corrupts completely.Seen it, been there, witnessed it first hand...
Can say one thing for certain, being free of elements that seek to repress or control, has been a blessing pover the last few months, it has allowed me to focus on what I want to do, what I want to avoid and how I wish to spend my life doing what I want to do and knot pandering to some else's ego...met too many of those over the last few years...art has been a great levelling tool of late...its allowed me just time to focus and think what I want from life and a career...I have moved away from the idea of simply joining a line of sheep and turning me life into a series of repetitive cycles just doing the same thing, over and over again...also tired of being judged ...as some sort of mark of ability....especially by those who just play the power game...
Being free from that now makes me realise how negative a process is employed and how subjective observations are...if you are a marked for extermination, the powers that be will make it near impossible to pass those so called tests of ones ability to do a dance....you can dance the jig of a life time, but if the
audience is disinterested, your efforts will go in vain...and the judge will castigate you...for their lack of involvement....something not right in that outcome...
We watch a film, and are there because we are interested in the story line , the genre etc, but its a choice nevertheless, yet in a classroom one is expected to find a totally engaged audience in what essentially is a show, attended without free will ...so of course there will be a level of disengagement..how can an individual be judged on others engagement to a topic? Something not right in that....I suppose education is moving down a very treacherous road with systems employed internally that are so subjective as to make the outcomes geared to favouritism and nepotism ......and certainly swing in favour of the latter...especially if you are in the circle.....artists by their nature on generally not in the circle, because they question....and one should never question in a system that is power absolute...however power absolute is not permanent... it allows sheep mentality to prevail , for a while, but then like Libya, the sheep get restless eventually...and the rest becomes is history...Gadaffi was power absolute, but we know today how redress was eventually achieved...and balance restored .
Time is a great healer they say, but I know that negative events that litter my life come back periodically to haunt my inner self and play upon my mind, normally twisting my thought pattern , just like it is happening all over again, making the past somehow feel its here and now...but in fact its old unresolved issues that return to dance and prod me..almost mocking...I hate those flashbacks...they create too much negativity in my mind..I think today I will walk on the beach, paint like there is no tomorrow and try and bury that jester that is keeping me from my sleep...rambling over and back to reality.....got to try shake the demons...some work from yesterday...
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