Well! Time flies doesn't it! After completing all my classroom observations for the Children's museum program, I got busy with family life for awhile. Recently, a couple of the other artists that just finished the program and I met to talk about; where do we go from here? Some artists have businesses they have worked to establish for some time, and they are using their new skills to enhance what they are doing. Some of us are starting out and trying to find the door toward creating a more stable income. One thing I want to do toward that goal is to develop more of an identity in my work. I have been working so much with kids the last few years and developing my skills as a teacher, that a lot of the work I have done has been toward a particular curriculum idea, as a volunteer or aimed at a certain age group of kids. I want to take the "Artist as Educator" experience and be able to market myself better as an artist in the community. I think it would be good to have a specialty in my work, and then be able to branch out and still do varied projects when needed. It was good to have a period of time to reflect on what I learned and where I might go with it. Now, the sunshine has finally returned and the colors outside are brighter and richer then ever. That was a long rainy season, right? This Spring I want to explore some work that I have not completed and am inspired to finish. One of these is this dimensional piece that I started last year. Inspired by a 1950's dimensional fairy tale picture I saw, this is a collage of xerox images, painted backgrounds and a hand-built scrap frame. It still needs something....? I have plans to do a small series of these once I figure out where I am going with them. Just sharing a work-in -progress today....as I evolve...
