Ask Away
It's a beautiful weekend on a sunny summer day. There is an art festival in your city and you can't wait to go see some art and talk to artists while you soak up that sunshine.
When you get there, you walk into a booth and fall in love with the art. You see something that you connect with deeply and you have so many questions about it. Do you just ask them? Do you get intimidated or worried that you don't know much about art? Are you afraid of asking a "dumb" question?
Sitting in my booth at a festival earlier this year
Don't be! I can't speak for all artists but the ones I know love to talk about our art. It's what we are most passionate about! I am always so interested to hear about what people have to say and the questions they have about my work.
The top 3 questions I always get are: "Who are the women in your paintings--are they you?" "What ethnicity are they?" and "What is your inspiration?"
I am starting a blog series to answer all of my most frequently asked questions, along with any more you can think of. Please leave a comment below to let me know how you connect with my work and all of your questions! I can't wait to answer them in a future post.
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Sparklepants! You are so hilarious! Queen of Awesome. Lurvs!
Is the one with the red hair me? Is it difficult confining SO much awesome to one canvas/ massive piece of wood? Who’s art inspires you? How come you never talk about how you own all of the Thomas Kincaids and that’s why they really had to go out of business? What ethnicity were the giraffes? Do you ever draw doughnuts? What are your top three favorite colors and why?
What female attributes do you explore in your work? Are long hair and medium build fairly constant accross your (non-portrait) figures?
Thank you all so much for your questions! I will tag you on facebook when I write the answers so you don’t miss it <3 <3 <3
What is the biggest pice u have created?
Where do u get your paper u use for the background?
When did u first start painting wood grain?