As I already had the colors mixed for another painting I was doing, I decided now was the time to work this painting up. It's a bit of a micro painting (which one of my artsy friends had told me that I should try out) If you do a painting a day and all that. This is a 12 by 12 canvas (museum bound so I had to paint the edges) I shot the apples on a red down blanket about 5 months ago meaning to paint this up. The light was shot a tad hot but I'm not super picky about it. This experiment leads me to believe that there is something I'm lacking in the art realm or in life in general. I feel like I need more artists to chat with on a regular basis OR do I need to ignore that and go it on my own. I do miss my college days only because I had a small group of really great professional friends who are still artists to this day. It's not like friendships are that easy to acquire as it is. You have to mesh with your artist friends just as well as your day to day friends. Where are all the artists? They certainly are somewhere in Chicago but the problem is, they are so in one direction and I'm in the opposite when it comes to seeing things eye to eye. Here's me being a moody artist. :)
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Hi Jody. My name's Dave "Nielsen" (the correct spelling). I can relate to some of these feelings you have. Especially in terms of Christian fellowship (if this is at all what you are referencing), we are talking about something difficult to find in the art realm. Particularly illustration and representational fine art.
I think one reason for this is that Christians unfortunately have tended to follow the culture, rather than trailblaze stylistically in the arts, I think a lot of us are still catching up to making the art of the 60s and 70s that was all about rebelling and going modern.
There is definitely the freedom to make art that is purely conceptual, aesthetic and poetic, as primarily takes place in modern art. While that's the case, I believe the postmodern age, as well as the entertainment industry demands the fusion of the "new" (which is actually not so much, as novel permutations of the old) with oldschool techniques.
From your previous post I see that you've had people tell you that traditional media is irrelevant and digital is the new wave. So silly! I ran into that kind of thing particularly while I lived in IL. But for the most part I have found that the (Hollywood) entertainment industry thrives on people who know how to draw and paint with natural media and only consider their Wacom tablets another tool in the box.
You might consider going to the Biola Media conference towards the end of the month to meet some artistic types that you share more commonality with philosophically. I'm hoping to do the same. I know they are not local Chicagoans, which would be best (neither am I - I'm a San Diego area local). But you may find some good opportunities to network. Or not. I'm not sure since I haven't been to it before.
Also, if you would like to, you can send me an e-mail (through my site link). I'm always interested in meeting believers who are into the arts.
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