Congratulations Julie! I love your winning work. Learning that you allowed your son to add his own talent to this piece makes it even more special. Thank you for the tour of the entire show. Amazing.
I love your artist statements on these pieces, so relatable. Congratulations on this showing, Julie, that's always a monumental moment for artists, especially a museum show!
Here's the thing, I paint what appeals to me. Because I want to use a new paint combination or because I saw something I thought would be a nice painting or just fun to paint. I'm not thinking about anything in particular when I paint. And, in my experience, that isn't the art statement galleries want. My thoughts, or lack of thoughts, are never quite so 'flowery'.
One of the many wonderful things about art is that you can make art for any reason or no reason at all. I think that writing statements is a skill, just like painting and drawing. You can develop the skills if you're interested in working at it. It's always a choice. Do you want to try to fit in with what you see at the galleries around you, or are you perfectly happy doing your own thing? There are no wrong answers, just what's right for you. ❤ I've worked hard - for several years - to develop my writing (and my thinking) skills because I want to show my work in spaces that require that kind of thing. Not everyone has the same goals and that's great.
