I have been reading a lot lately about what artists need to do, should do, must do, but right now I'm more interested in what artists want to do; the skills or accomplishments you want to attempt or master before you" kick the bucket". If you ask someone about their bucket list and they tell you that they have done everything they ever wanted and they are perfectly content, they are either James Bond or very boring. If you don't have a bucket list, now is a good time to start, think, there must be something.…
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The value of art lies in its ability to generate income. An entire industry is built on that accepted truth, dividing art and artists into strata of profitability and determining success and failure.
By that definition, my art is worthless and I am a failure. If money were arts only measure of value I would stop today, I would throw away my tools and supplies and watch a movie. While my art may be of no value to anyone else, the simple act of creating it is priceless. I produce what I call art, because I have to, it's like breathing or sleeping. If I don't participate in the act of creation I suffer from creative deprivation. I am uneasy, off balance, something is wrong; I have to find a tool and a surface on which to make marks.…
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