19 Apr What inspires you?

Ideas for art come to me…

• When I run
• When seeing live theatre (I miss it soooo much!)
• While reading poetry
• When traveling…even a small road trip
• Leafing through design magazines
• Walking through outdoor markets
• While listening to music
• When listening to my girls playing their music or painting beside me
• When I am in nature…whether it’s my backyard garden, walking my dog, or hiking some mountain trail. Doesn’t matter where…nature inspires.

Then sometimes it’s just discovering what moves me aesthetically around my studio. I’ll start organizing and decluttering, and placing vignettes together…candles, brushes, pieces of fabric, pieces of art.

And then…

“oh I like this color combo…hmmm graphic shapes with fresh flowers…or a Domino Magazine cover with a messy abstract next to it. Now I want to paint an indigo and peach abstract…something imperfect but perfectly electric in color. Yes, let’s do that.”

There are times where I’m more strategic in my planning a painting. But these days I’m going with the flow…and saying yes to what comes through intuitively.

What inspires you? Where do you get inspired?

When do you feel inspiration?

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