Creative Fulfilment

So yet again, I find myself inspired by a totally new subject. In my art journeys, I’ve often felt guilty of changing to a new subject. It’s as though all my experimentation with flowers, or oceans, suddenly doesn’t count for much anymore. I think it’s because so many artists who are successful have a very strict theme, which resonates through their work for years. I find this duel inside me. One for carrying on my story I’ve already half completed and becoming known for my flowers; for example. Then this other side, who searches for creative fulfilment and needs more than just flowers. I want to experiment with oceans, and forests, animals…the list goes on.

Creative Fulfilment

December 28, 2016

So yet again, I find myself inspired by a totally new subject. In my art journeys, I’ve often felt guilty of changing to a new subject. It’s as though all my experimentation with flowers, or oceans, suddenly doesn’t count for much anymore. I think it’s because so many artists who are successful have a very strict theme, which resonates through their work for years. I find this duel inside me. One for carrying on my story I’ve already half completed and becoming known for my flowers; for example. Then this other side, who searches for creative fulfilment and needs more than just flowers. I want to experiment with oceans, and forests, animals…the list goes on.

The Heart Wants What it Wants

For now I’m going to follow the path that my heart desires. I feel like what we feel inside, can sometimes be the best guidance. I don’t want to let my head, lead me down a path where I don’t feel fulfilled. And although focusing on one subject might be better in a business sense, I want to stay authentic because that’s what it the most interesting to people. I can always tell the difference between a painting that had my heart and soul in it, then one that was created out of ‘shoulds’. And usually, so can my followers.