ART BLOCK

ART BLOCK

So, I feel like I’m stuck. Not for lack of ideas, but knowing which one to do next. Stay true to my vision? Work for what people want in their homes? This series or that? Continue with previous notions, start new ones?

It’s like I’ve got clashing tumble weeds tickling my brain. Draw this nude, paint this one, sketch out this landscape, paint the sea. Draw another rose, go for a walk, have a cup of tea.

An Artist’s brain is a literal mine field for explosive ideas. I never know what I’m going to create, even when I start it, something else usually happens. I’ll think this is it, this is the one, then along the way it changes and I’m somewhere else.

I’d like to say that it's always exciting, however, not knowing what will be my next sale or commission is quite daunting.

The worry doesn’t help, it makes me feel I am not capturing my audience. Then I get stuck in the business side of it all, the insights and analytics, web clicks and page views. The numbers are there and they are there in sky rockets, but staring at my empty desk and thinking what shall I do today?That’s a block I don’t think I will ever get used to, no matter how many possibilities that could mean.