Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
"Your job is to watch where you're going and hopefully have the foresight and freedom to make some mid-course corrections along the way. One of the truly wonderful things about artmaking is that it gives you permission - at any given moment, in any given art piece - to access anything you need, from any... Continue Reading →
Every piece I've made prior to my most recent one, paved the way to that most recent piece. I get comments on occasion that something I've shared is very different for me or that my style is evolving. In no way am I upset by these comments, in part, they're correct. And I'm glad the... Continue Reading →
I'm amazed at the unwillingness to define yourself as an artist and at fears of trying new things. There should be no fear, no shame. Creation is a part of the human condition. There was no fear in coloring or sculpting as a child. Fear and resistance only crept in when you became aware that... Continue Reading →
"Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be."– DAVID BAYLES AND TED ORLAND, ART & FEAR: OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERILS (AND REWARDS) OF ARTMAKING Surrealism in its absolute simplicity is imagination, emotion, knowledge of self. Is this not what the aim of... Continue Reading →