Art! Ambition!
Dec. 16th, 2010 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwendolyngreyI am famous!
Well, not really, but apparently my work is seen outside my own circle of acquaintances.
I spent some time this past weekend hanging out and sewing with one of my new co-workers (who is also a reenactor), and at some point I pulled up my website to show her some of my previous costume projects. I have my art on my site too, so I showed her my Farb At Heart painting thinking that, as a reenactor, she might get a kick out of it.
She looked at the painting, looked up at me, and said, "Wait, so YOU did that? I've seen it before!" She couldn't recall exactly where or when she'd seen it, but I guess someone else in the hobby must have passed the image around or something. She seemed vaguely impressed by my other paintings too, and expressed interest in having me do a portrait of her and her boyfriend.
As soon as my current obligations are done (Christmas gift and miniature for Katie) I really want to focus on art and painting for a while. I have quite a few ideas for a series of "farb" paintings to follow the original one, plus several steampunk-ish paintings, and for almost a year I've had the idea for a 3-D shadow-box type of project which I'm dying to work on. Also, miniatures. I feel like if I can get fairly good at them I'm in the perfect place for finding a market... maybe do them and the occasional portrait or two on the side.
Who knows? If I actually manage to stay motivated and create a decent body of work I might try to get into some galleries around here. If I don't have to rely on my art for my living, taking a stab at getting my name and work out there feels far less daunting.
Well, not really, but apparently my work is seen outside my own circle of acquaintances.
I spent some time this past weekend hanging out and sewing with one of my new co-workers (who is also a reenactor), and at some point I pulled up my website to show her some of my previous costume projects. I have my art on my site too, so I showed her my Farb At Heart painting thinking that, as a reenactor, she might get a kick out of it.
She looked at the painting, looked up at me, and said, "Wait, so YOU did that? I've seen it before!" She couldn't recall exactly where or when she'd seen it, but I guess someone else in the hobby must have passed the image around or something. She seemed vaguely impressed by my other paintings too, and expressed interest in having me do a portrait of her and her boyfriend.
As soon as my current obligations are done (Christmas gift and miniature for Katie) I really want to focus on art and painting for a while. I have quite a few ideas for a series of "farb" paintings to follow the original one, plus several steampunk-ish paintings, and for almost a year I've had the idea for a 3-D shadow-box type of project which I'm dying to work on. Also, miniatures. I feel like if I can get fairly good at them I'm in the perfect place for finding a market... maybe do them and the occasional portrait or two on the side.
Who knows? If I actually manage to stay motivated and create a decent body of work I might try to get into some galleries around here. If I don't have to rely on my art for my living, taking a stab at getting my name and work out there feels far less daunting.
