If you are lucky enough to live in an area that has the four changes of season, does this affect how you view your creativity?
When spring rolls around after a long hard winter of black and white, does your pallet correspond with fresh new colors of spring greens, pinks, yellows and reds? Do you find yourself wanting to try something new? Or is there a constant with your art that stays in place even when the outside world changes around you?
I find with the changes of seasons, my creativity ebbs and flows with the change, sometimes leaving me unsettled for a period of time during the change. After the new season is settled in and I have become accustom to the new "view" outside my window, my creativity also settles in and gets back to business.
Is this perhaps a way of letting our creative side rest for awhile so it doesn't burn out? I have the feeling that there are as many different types of artists in the world as there are different mediums to express that art and isn't that what makes it all so fantastic? If everyone created the same thing and we were locked in a box as to what we could call art, I do believe that creativity would soon fade away.
Thinking of all the wonderful avenues one can take to find a home for their creativity, I also think of all the wonderful galleries that display the end result of that creativity. One particular gallery comes to mind and I am sure that is because I am a contributing artist there. That studio is Seranya Studios Art Boutique (www.seranyastudios.com) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. What a wonderful studio for local artists to display, share, sell and teach about their particular works of art. It definitely is a must see in my book.
Where is your favorite studio? Wouldn't it be a fun road trip to take in all the fabulous studios around the area? If you have a favorite, please share with us what and where it is. The world of art and artists is a wonderful place to be.
Stay tuned.
There is no question that the warm weather brings out the creative juices. At least in me. Or maybe it is just the change from winter to spring that makes it work. My favorite studio? In my art periodical “Southwestern Art” there is a monthly article that features some professional artist’s grand studio, nestled somewhere in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, or Arizona. They are usually palatial, two story stand alone buildings in the “back yard”, with at least one wall all glass windows climbing to the ceiling. Truly places to be creative, places that any artist would be envious of. BUT my favorite studio? Mine. Because it is mine, albeit a corner in the basement, it is the place where I can go to spread some colored water around on a piece of paper to release that spring energy!
ReplyDeleteWow, that studio you mentioned out west sounds awesome--yes I suppose that would be the ultimate dream to own; however, I have found that any little corner can be a dream studio as long as it has your "tools" of your art and the calm that is needed to create. I once had a tiny studio made out of a closet and when I shut the door it was "my little piece of happiness"- I can see that you feel the same way and BTW--the way you push some colored water around on a piece of paper is pretty darned amazing.
ReplyDeleteNow this would be super fun - to take a tour of different studios!! I do have to say, I love my writing cottage. It makes me so happy and it is so me. But I love to see where others create also as that inspires me.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say summer and fall are most creative times. In fact, just this morning as I was curling my hair and putting on my makeup I had three new blog post ideas come to me. I had to run grab paper and pen and quickly jot them down! So nice to have those ideas captured for those days when one is not feeling inspired. Now, about that tour of studios... I think that is a doable thing... could include lunch in there, etc. Hmmmmm, now you got my gears spinning!
I can just hear those gears spinning----and I am with you on that--hey,
ReplyDeletecould we do a "virtual" sharing and tour of studios? I think I will have to take heed on when one is inspired to quick write down the inspiration for those "dried up times" Thanks.
I think a "virtual sharing of studios" would be a great idea. But we would need to be able to post pictures on your blog. I haven't figured out how to do that if you can at all???
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