Jennifer M RyanRead Lots, Write More, and Draw
Jennifer M RyanPEOPLE | PLACES | FACES | ABSTRACTS II
“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
I am an adventurous person. Adventurous people make great artists and writers because they set their own guides and standards; unafraid of experimentation. Regularly seeking techniques that convey their passions, emotions and feelings.
Quotes can inspire the hope and be a catalyst for the type of change that encourages artists. One I read when I’m checking out if I want to continue with current projects.
“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe”
Sadly, some essential pages were lost in a theme update, and I’ve had a lot of trouble recovering them, and not enough time to rewrite them all.
This is the link to my Artists bio I recovered from the Way Back machine. It loads a bit slower than the original, but the page is there. Hopefully, I will have rebuilt the whole site it in the near future
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All artworks are for sale, if not already sold.
Foci: female, birds, freedom
Foci: rural, abstracts, photographs
Focus: over time
Focus: mark making options
Focus: .. how I see what I see
Foci: .. moods, light
Focus: .. random moments that tell my story
When you decide to paint there is no ‘book of rules’ with stages, or pre-requisites listed in a logical order, full of references and how-tos. And, artists like me, starting in my retirement will definitely take a different path than those starting in primary school.
I started to paint, and sketch just to see what it was like. How my brain worked. Then I started doing workshops, online courses (Coursera) and joined an on-line community of artists. I discovered I prefer creating abstract art. #Coursera courses in #AbEx from #MOMA opened my eyes and showed me a path to my creativity.
When you decide to paint there is no ‘book of rules’ with stages, or per-requisites listed in a logical order, full of references and how-tos. However, artists starting in their retirement will take a different path than those starting in primary school. I started to paint, and sketch just to see what it was like. How my brain worked. Then I started doing workshops, online courses (Coursera) and joined an on-line community of artists. I discovered I prefer creating abstract art. A #coursera course in #AbEx from #MOMA opened my eyes and showed me a path to my creativity.
The potential of an emerging, untrained artist is unknown. Potential speaks of the future, an underlying capacity for something to come into being. While an artists potential can be guessed at, measured with criteria and sets of standards, circumstances affect potential. By seeking exhibition exposure artists seek to move something (energy, emotions, option, ideas, thoughts ...). Breaking into the world of gallery exhibitions is like trying to push a large block over a sand pit. Breaking through exhibition and barrier is like pushing that thing over wet soapy plastic sheet.
Just keeping track of everything that’s happening in social media accounts can be a full time job. Let alone manage and master your own personas. Monitoring every aspect of your accounts can easily lead to something akin to an landscape of cracks and pits. This is no reason to avoid that landscape. I restrict my linked public accounts as much as possible, and used them as often as possible. The quicker you are notified of something the quicker those things need to be addressed, and capitalized upon.
For some reason, unknown to me, my days begin and end with gratitude and joy. I’ve pondered this a few times over the years, “What allows me to always see a better option?” My life hasn’t followed a highway or freeway. I usually find myself on the tourist route. It usually meant I had time to listen and hear; to learn and earn in the education sphere before I finally admitted “I’d like to be an artist!”
My commitment to art began slowly. Eventually I was able to offer works and services that helped me move into a richer and more fulfilling life. Taking advantage of the free lessons on the Internet and meeting a small group of local artists I had a few years, one particularly, of true change, personal growth in an amazing journey.
