Pictured above is a piece of fine art. It is so because I picked up a pencil, pen, and paint brush and applied them to paper. It is neither a great flawless piece of art, or a complete failure. It stirred a conversation in a group of people. It help some to laugh and some to comment on the facial expression of the bird. People saw many different expressions.. All were in agreement (including the artist) that the tail needs work or needs to be removed completely. That anyone paused and took time enough to comment about it was a delight to me! That makes me an artist! I create art. People look at it. They get involved with it. They critique it.. One woman who was physically present looked at it and said, "Please send a copy to (her son in college). He will love the face and the plumpness of it!"
Sometimes I draw or paint things the look great to me and to many others. Other time I create something like the little fellow above, whom I call Pepper. (He needed a name!) At still other times I draw or paint something I would throw in the trash...but then someone comes along and likes it. I marvel at that.
We all truly do see things differently! That has become very clear to me since beginning to draw a few years ago. We tend to put ourselves into what we are looking at. I listen closely to people as they speak of anything I paint. They teach me about themselves.
I label my work as "wonky". That fits me. It's unsophisticated, childlike, and often comic. I would fail miserably at striving to make it lifelike, but everything I create has personality. It leaks through. I don't intend anything. I simply ask it to come to life. So far...so good. In fact, so far it's FINE!
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