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I've decided to take a bit of a break. Not just from dA but from the web in general. These last few months I've been in a state of constant flux in my head, working on bits of paintings for a few days then movng on to something else, then moving on again with very little to show for it. I struggle to settle, to focus on one thing at a time and complete anything. Being here (and on Facebook, blogger, zazzle etc) only seems to show up my inadequacies, my slowness, my lack of focus; and my complete ineptitude when it comes to promoting my artwork.
It's time to just stop, be still for a while and take stock, I think. It's probably promotional sucicide, I know, to disappear for months on end so that people foget I was ever here, but right now it seems like the only thing I can do.
A couple of years ago I watched a documentary about one of my favorite artists - Kit Williams. In it he explained that after the success of Masquerade he found it all but impossible to work with the constant intrusion of the outside world. He felt that his art needed quiet, solitude and stillness to allow the ideas to form and grow. Now, I'm not in a position where the outside world is actively intruding as such. It's more of a passive intrusion in which I have allowed myself to be drawn into the whole web 'thing' and as a result I find I'm judging myself all the time based on what everyone around me is doing. I *should* be doing more of this or that; I *should* be uploading pictures every day, I *should* be joining this group, that site, opening this store. I've let myself get overwhelmed by it all and in the process, started to lose sight of the art itself.
So it's time to stop, try and find my focus again, work on some paintings without the pressure I seem to apply to myself, and see what happens.
I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. Hell, I'm not sure it'll work but I've got to try.
I'm gonna try and clear my inbox before I go but I apologise in advance for unanswered comments and notes, and for not thanking people for favs and watches. If you need to contact me for any reason please email as I'll be switching off my email notification on FB and blogger tomorrow.
See you on the other side
Shona
It's time to just stop, be still for a while and take stock, I think. It's probably promotional sucicide, I know, to disappear for months on end so that people foget I was ever here, but right now it seems like the only thing I can do.
A couple of years ago I watched a documentary about one of my favorite artists - Kit Williams. In it he explained that after the success of Masquerade he found it all but impossible to work with the constant intrusion of the outside world. He felt that his art needed quiet, solitude and stillness to allow the ideas to form and grow. Now, I'm not in a position where the outside world is actively intruding as such. It's more of a passive intrusion in which I have allowed myself to be drawn into the whole web 'thing' and as a result I find I'm judging myself all the time based on what everyone around me is doing. I *should* be doing more of this or that; I *should* be uploading pictures every day, I *should* be joining this group, that site, opening this store. I've let myself get overwhelmed by it all and in the process, started to lose sight of the art itself.
So it's time to stop, try and find my focus again, work on some paintings without the pressure I seem to apply to myself, and see what happens.
I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. Hell, I'm not sure it'll work but I've got to try.
I'm gonna try and clear my inbox before I go but I apologise in advance for unanswered comments and notes, and for not thanking people for favs and watches. If you need to contact me for any reason please email as I'll be switching off my email notification on FB and blogger tomorrow.
See you on the other side
Shona
Just to say....
a collective THANK YOU to everyone who has fav'd any of my work or added me to their watch list over the last few months.
I've neglected this site this year because I've been so busy and now find myself with 40+ pages of feedback which would take me forever to wade through. Please know that your support is still very much appreciated.
Shona
xx
Teddybearzaar Doll and Bear Fair
For the first time in, I think, around 13 years I will be exhibiting at a specialist doll and teddy bear fair this Sunday 31st May. The Teddybearzaar fair is being held at Gateshead Civic Centre from 10:30 till 4. I've made loads of new bears for the show and am super excited to be taking part in a fair again after so many years. Tickets will be available at the door on the day as well as via the contacts mentioned below. You can see a preview of some of the exhibitors on the fair website http://www.teddybearzaar.weebly.com and on their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/235711146587652/
Quick update
It's been a while (again). I haven't painted anything for so long. I've been more drawn to sewing and bear making so I'm just sort of going with the flow for now. I've finishing up lots of bears - more than I've made in a long time because I'm exhibiting at a show at the end of May. This will be the first Bear and Doll show I've done for nearly 14 years. All the details are here --> http://teddybearzaar.weebly.com/ so if you're in the area on Sunday 31st May please come along and say hello.
I've just uploaded my Avengers bears - something I've been working on for ages now and that's the subject of my latest blog http://www.the-wild-wood
THINGS
Yet again, it's been such a long time since I wrote a new journal. I seem to have spent most of this year gathering around me all the tools and materials I need for a whole bunch of different projects and ideas. I've been working away at all kinds of stuff, directionless as usual, trying new things, trying old things, sewing bears, sewing THINGS, drawing stuff, painting stuff, messing about with polymer clay. I like to hope that one day, as I flit from one thing to another and the mess in my work room reaches critical mass, I will miraculously find myself at the point where many, many projects will all magically find themselves completed simu
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Take your time
And good luck!
Take your time
And good luck!