A Year of Making Art, Day 322: Young at Art

March 6, 2008  Day 322

Today is Blixy's birthday.  We'll celebrate it tomorrow, a Friday, by going to gallery night downtown and then out to dinner.

I just spent an hour and a half with a young artist who wanted to pick my brain about marketing his art, and especially, getting into galleries.  Somehow, I find myself exhausted at the end of our session.  While I was talking to him, I felt an excitement at his prospects--a young artist finding his way in the art world.  He seemed to have so much energy and enthusiasm, both for his art and the enterprise of marketing it.

Most artists in this country do not make a living by selling their art.  They teach or apply their creative skills to commercial careers in industrial or fabric design, advertising, and so forth.  Some have day jobs totally unrelated to their art.  Yet it is every artist's dream to eventually find a way to live by making fine art.

My drawing today is about texture.  I thought of the "ovals" and "push-pulls" we were required to pen years ago in grammar school:

  Drawing #328  11" x 14"

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