Comments on: A Real Artist

By: Sandy Proudfoot

Sandy Proudfoot — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:53:48 +0000

Maria, you’ve brought an interesting subject into the foreground. When I applied for and was accepted at Art College, I was ‘just’ a quilter. I’m still a quilter, without the ‘just’. I’ve moved beyond that but I, too, wonder about my designwork. People can recognize it as mine, now. I wonder that I shouldn’t change my basic style of loving clean curves, simpler shapes and more structured designwork. A younger friend at Art College called me tight a**ed and said: you probably wear flannel nightgowns to bed, too. I guess to her, that meant something. I did; I do…but I cannot for the life of me change what I do in my designwork. I try but it often isn’t me. It doesn’t feel right nor does it feel good to me. I loose the heart and feeling of a design if I can’t feel it. So, I don’t know where you go with the realestate’s comment…like someone else said: sounds more like she’s referencing her own stuff…especially since she was so vehement about her comments. Yes, she has a good point but you know, I’ve seen artists paint wonderfully appealing pictures, ‘grow’ in their work and their work after that, is not as appealing. Sure they’ve ‘moved on’ but somehow, some of what I see doesn’t have the heart and soul of the creator in it. No easy answer to that issue, is there.
Sandy Proudfoot

By: Lisa Manfuso

Lisa Manfuso — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:47:01 +0000

Good for you Maria! People like that tend to really annoy me.

By: Luanne Hutchison

Luanne Hutchison — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:42 +0000

Poison darts! She isn’t angry with the artist, she’s angry with herself, for the choices she has made but instead of taking responsibility, it’s just that much easier to lob darts at those who are living the life she feels she should live.

By: C.S. Miller

C.S. Miller — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:49:06 +0000

That real estate agent sounds really angry. She would probably be mad if she knew that there are art instructors who asked their students to copy a painting as a part of a class assignment. This was 1973, and I copied several Modigliani paintings. I went on a real tare over them. But then later, when I took painting and drawing I was inspired to do several modern abstract fantasy art versions of the Mona Lisa.

By: Holly Mo

Holly Mo — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:56:28 +0000

You most definitely are a real artist. While I was reading, all I could think of was how angry the agent sounded. It sounds like she has a pretty big chip on her shoulder. Good for you, for getting away from her as soon as possible.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:49:49 +0000

yes indeed!

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:05:29 +0000

Yes, Marcia, and the nature of the gift is such an important part of it all. And yes, my hackles were up

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:03:13 +0000

Good question’s Ida. maybe it’s about what’s inside us and how we express it.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:01:10 +0000

Thanks Ellen, I check it out, you’re right it sounds like my kind of book

By: Althea Jackson

Althea Jackson — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:07:32 +0000

I think your final sentence states the case rather well.