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Not been painting much lately, there's been a lot on my plate over the last couple of months, working towards moving with my partner to the Mediterranean for three years in July. After that though – there may be nothing but painting –scary thought! I am pretty much totally unprepared, but I think the only way to actually get myself motivated to succeed (or indeed to try and fail) as an artist, is to throw myself in at the deep end with no other options, and I’m extremely grateful to my love for making that possible.
I have set up an Ebay account, and will shortly be starting to sell my work online, originals mainly, as I have prints available through DA, but there may be signed copies and suchlike available as well. If you want to support my artwork, this would be an excellent way to do it! –More news will be posted on here or my personal website when I have my online store properly set up.
Newest work:
Based on:
-because I’ve had requests for various repaints of this from galleries –wish me luck in selling the new one (I have plans to give the original, but the recipient doesn’t know it yet)
Um yes, wish me luck with the move, and expect lots of productivity from August onwards!
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I have set up an Ebay account, and will shortly be starting to sell my work online, originals mainly, as I have prints available through DA, but there may be signed copies and suchlike available as well. If you want to support my artwork, this would be an excellent way to do it! –More news will be posted on here or my personal website when I have my online store properly set up.
Newest work:
Based on:
-because I’ve had requests for various repaints of this from galleries –wish me luck in selling the new one (I have plans to give the original, but the recipient doesn’t know it yet)
Um yes, wish me luck with the move, and expect lots of productivity from August onwards!
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The Life of a Starving Artist
I have often been told by family and friends that I'm 'contrary' and I can't disagree. I just seem to end up doing things backwards, whether I intend to or not. For example starting a snowboarding season with a knee injury and coming out of it physically in better shape than I started. (Perhaps not mentally, but this was nothing to do with the snowboarding) And I have realised lately that I have been taking precisely the backwards approach to careers, as well.
It would have been far more sensible if I'd gone and got myself a day job as a programmer or web developer or somesuch thing that pays, and kept the art as a hobby, but no, I had to ma
Another Year, Another Journal!
Wow, it's hard to believe that it's over a year since I last updated my DA journal!
It's been an eventful twelve months. I've gone from living in the balmy embrace of the Mediterranean to the grey and rainy streets of London, where I resided for precisely a year and a day, to the gloriously sub-zero temperatures of Canada's winter months, where I'm living in a hotel and alternating between painting and drawing and learning to snowboard. From +40° to -40°C in what feels like no time at all.
In the past year I have:
-been homeless and then homed, and then voluntarily homeless again,
-been jobless, then employed, then jobless agai
Another Move
Yes, that's right folks, I only manage to update my journal once every few months, and it takes something pretty big, these days.
On tuesday i am off to London to seek my fortune, taking a suitcase, my savings, and an optimistic outlook with me, to stay until I have made it as an artist or come up with something else I want to do more, or until I decide I hate it/can't afford it/could have more fun elsewhere. It's a big leap, and I will be on my own for the first time really, in terms of housing and finance. I have always paid or myself, but never without a safety net behind me. About time I proved that I can stand on my own two feet.
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Aftermath
Wow. What a couple of months!
The move went pretty much swimmingly, although getting used to the new environment has been a little tougher than I expected, and I can warn you now that things will be unsettled for the foreseeable future - there are more big upheavals coming after christmas. (No, I'm not pregnant, in case anyone asks, but as for exactly what *is* going on, I will go into more detail as and when necessary.)
I'm finally almost finished unpacking, and have been receiving new work since I got here. I am also now teaching a life drawing class at the local education centre, which was a bit of a surprise jump for me - It was rather
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Good luck!!!