Painting for others or painting for yourself.

I often wonder wether I paint for myself or for others. When somebody asks me to paint something just for them but leave me to paint what I think they might like it often works for me and them and the experience is a joy. I have completed a few commissions where this has been the case. Then there is those who ask for something specific. I find this so difficult I often reach the point where I feel I will never take another commission ever. So often this means that I have to try more than once to please the client. Then there are those paintings that I paint for me. The ones that give me so much pleasure where I can let the paint and I be in harmony. Some of these paintings never sell, some are painted over but ever so often I have no problems with people being interested in them. I have even had interest shown by a fellow artist and this humbles me and make me consider it something to enjoy and feel pleasure in.

One thing for sure no matter what category the painting is in it is a joy if it sells. it means others like your work. Then when the day comes to send them off there is a wrench at the heart strings as your baby leaves the nest.

The painting I have added to this blog is one of those I have been asked to to and pray it meets the requirements. It is different from the one the person liked as it would have to be I just hope enough of a similarity to bring pleasure.

Painters Block

Well it happens to us all I suppose. I just could not paint a thing and the fact that I am having alean time on the selling front was really getting me down. I read what others do when they get such blocks but none of it really helped much. I was all for giving up. Then I thought give it one last try go back and paint something you know you can paint and enjoy. Guess what ? POPPIES they always get me back on track so poppies it was.

Two Sales

Having added to two other sites on which I was able to make a link to my own web I got two sales in the USA. Now I had to start thinking about packaging and transport. I really would advise that you have this done well in advance, it really is a nightmare. The painting being requested were two very large abstract works. How was the person going to pay me? How was I going to get them all to her? So many questions.