From the previous post you will see that several people expressed the need for more focus. They feel like they are all over the map, artistically, and have a hard time deciding on a direction. In my workshop
"The Body of Work: Freedom and Focus", I am addressing this exact issue. I think many of us feel like we get pulled from one medium or type of imagery to another to another, and we feel like we "should" settle down and focus. Me too. All the time.
Look at this more-or-less random selection of my work from the past few years:
These are all different sizes, from 10"x10" to 36"x36". I just re-sized them for ease of layout in Photoshop. To me, these are all over the map, and each one is part of a different series. What do you see? I also work in
encaustic occasionally, and dip into
oil media as well, so that takes the work in yet more directions.
I think as artists we NEED the freedom to explore broadly. I also think there is a time and a method to focus and go more deeply into a particular exploration. There are just a few spaces available in my workshop at
Madeline Island School of the Arts in July, where we will tackle this issue and move more easily towards building bodies of work.
