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Process needs to be fluid for growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat I will never know it all is a part of the appeal. I am forever a student\u2026.. Thank God.\u201d A popular watercolorist declared with a sigh. Decades of success to his credit, he hosts workshops around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During an interview with Robert Bateman, the radio host declared his work is of an accomplished master. Bateman disagreed. \u201cI have yet to create a true masterpiece.\u201d He spoke of continuing to learn, challenge himself and evolve his work. \u201cI hope I never feel I have \u2018learned it all\u2019. One can become stagnant. If that happens I might as well be dead.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n His last sentence struck me powerfully. It\u2019s the dread of many artists, growing stagnant, no longer engaged by the work to improve, to master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another iconic painter confessed privately, ” the blank canvas scares me. Beginning, FACING it, that\u2019s so fearful.\u201d He shared this after selling $50K of paintings in the first ten minutes of his solo show 15 years ago. Patrons had lined the sidewalk waiting for the show to open.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a myth that an \u2019accomplished\u2019 artist has absolution in process. That it’s effortlessly routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Process is just pigment, medium, tools and linen. Methods evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creating is complex, it\u2019s doing a brand new puzzle in your mind each time, then figuring out a way to execute it. That means process changes, influenced by \u2018the idea.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are beginners, every single day. To proceed knowingly inept to a degree, takes courage. It’s about embracing vulnerability, or at least accepting it. Stepping to the easel with the uneasiness of a student is wonderfully humbling. Process follows when you uncover your spark. Stoke inspiration\u2019s flame<\/strong>. Focus on the flare, less on process. The rest is just tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Work!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Tundra Sanctuary” <\/strong>24×30 oil on canvas ( shown in both natural and studio light) $1,980.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n “River of Light” <\/strong>11×14 oil on canvas $660.oo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s too bad, really\u2026”I think I am beginning to learn something about it. \u201d Renoir\u2019s last words at 78. \u2018Just starting to get the hang of it\u2019 after a lifetime of artistic achievement, Renoir brilliantly captures the concept of artist … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC03983-1024x680.jpg\")
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