01/23/2008 18:04:53

I love your art work.  Your abstracts kick butt, and your realism paintings are awesome. 

01/22/2008 21:42:32

I also like your work. I am new to this and any advice you can share would be helpfull. Thanks, Anita

01/22/2008 18:09:45

Thanks for your comment about the No Face doll.  She is the ill fated Indian version of Juliet; lost her life trying to cross a river to reach a brave from an enemy tribe.

01/22/2008 12:43:41

See my blog on 1-16 and let me know what you think.

01/21/2008 19:20:13

I really appreciate your answer to my remarks about returning to school!  It sounds like you have a firm hold on your creativity and are flying with it.  God bless you and keep you creating the wonderful work you are doing!

01/21/2008 10:45:16

I have absolutely no interest in going back to school right now.  My teacher's comments came at a time when I was completely burnt out on taking classes anyway. (I had even started skipping classes quite a bit; and if you knew me, you'd know how out of character that is.)  If I ever get the urge to take a class again, I definitely will. (I've had some WONDERFUL teachers!)  But, for now my path lies elsewhere.  I've found that if I don't listen to my intuition/gut/that "still, small voice" inside - then things get out of balance very quickly and I end up unhappy and full of regrets.  Right now I have no regrets.  I feel like a phoenix starting to rise from the burning ashes.  It's awesome.

I 'm glad your path lead you to some really great teachers.  Your art is wonderfully expressive and beautiful!  I wish you the best on your journey.  Thank you for visiting again and for your comments/input.  It's nice to be able to communicate with other artists from all walks of life and from different places.   Thanks for sharing!

 

-Jendria 

 

P.S.  Once again, I'll put this here and on your page. 

01/20/2008 18:26:21

I am not quite sure what to say to your teacher's comments about just getting out to do your art.  After 20 years of just "doing my art" I realized I needed to get some formal training under my belt and went back to school just to do that.  It was a very confusing time...because what I though was really wonderful turned out to be "hallmark art" in their eyes.  I am a nurse and I was asked to paint the angst in my life (it was during the 80's and early 90's) and I retorted back to them that I saw enough tragedy in my real job to want to paint that.  After I graduated, it took me two years to finally get back to painting.  I was amazed at what I had learned from each professor and, to this day, can hear each one whispering in my ear when I paint.  I really think your art  speaks of feeling and wonderful promise.  Is there a way you can get back into the world of art education?

01/20/2008 16:30:17

Hi "Artfelt"! 

 

Thanks for the visit/compliments!  I went to community college for a
couple of years and then to Kendall College of Art & Design for a
year.  My teachers told me my work is excellent and that I'm very
talented, and that I was basically  wasting my money paying tuition
when I should just go out and make my art.   So I stopped going to
school.  I was doing a lot of photo-realistic commissions, which kind
of "killed" my creativity/fun and enjoyment of art-making;  And, I've
been through some really rough times in the past few years, but now I
feel the creative spark is growing brighter again.  I kind of feel like
a beginner again - which is actually a good thing. Thanks again for the
compliments!  And, keep doing what you love!

 

All the best,

 

-Jendria 

 

P.S.  I'll post this response on your page too.  (I'm never quite sure whether to respond on the visitor's page or my own.)