Comments for Julie T. Chapman - ArtBlog http://julietchapman.com/blog Musings on the Nature of Art from An Artist in Nature Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Ideas - help! by Suzanne Ellis http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-936 Suzanne Ellis Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:11:41 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-936 I would also like your take on approaching galleries. I would also like your take on approaching galleries.

]]> Comment on Ideas - help! by Julie Chapman http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-925 Julie Chapman Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:09:23 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-925 Tania, Don - good stuff! I'm capturing it and will use your suggestions. Larry - great link! foreclosure CAN be good for something... Don - I have had people fall in love with and buy something that I was less than thrilled with...but they saw something there that I didn't. Your statement about "over analysis" is right on. I think your method of putting something away for a while is useful; I've started doing that in the last year myself. With some pieces - wish there were more! - I know right away that I love 'em and am happy with 'em. Many others are in a gray zone: they don't match what was in my head...but if I let them sit a while, I may find myself liking them more on their own merits. Or I may chuck them entirely. Tania, Don - good stuff! I’m capturing it and will use your suggestions.
Larry - great link! foreclosure CAN be good for something…

Don - I have had people fall in love with and buy something that I was less than thrilled with…but they saw something there that I didn’t. Your statement about “over analysis” is right on. I think your method of putting something away for a while is useful; I’ve started doing that in the last year myself. With some pieces - wish there were more! - I know right away that I love ‘em and am happy with ‘em. Many others are in a gray zone: they don’t match what was in my head…but if I let them sit a while, I may find myself liking them more on their own merits. Or I may chuck them entirely.

]]> Comment on Ideas - help! by Don Barnes http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-923 Don Barnes Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:33:36 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-923 Self-criticism: The blessing and curse of the artist. I was talking with a gallery owner about this just a couple of weeks ago. She said she really loves working with "Self-editing" artists, because she knows she'll only get their best work. With others, she sometimes feels like they paint just to replace something that sold. There is a difference, though, between healthy self-crit and over-analysis. I'm sure we've all had people just fall in love with a piece that we feel is less than we are capable of. Once I destroyed a piece right before someone asked to buy it. I repainted it, but couldnt recapture what she was after. My current course is to put the thing away for 30 days, then pull it out and make a decision. As far as what I'd like to see here, how about some pics and dialogue about what you've been up to. Shots from a rodeo or pics from your studio window when it snows. What you were thinking about as you trudged up that mountain path, etc. Self-criticism: The blessing and curse of the artist.

I was talking with a gallery owner about this just a couple of weeks ago. She said she really loves working with “Self-editing” artists, because she knows she’ll only get their best work. With others, she sometimes feels like they paint just to replace something that sold.

There is a difference, though, between healthy self-crit and over-analysis. I’m sure we’ve all had people just fall in love with a piece that we feel is less than we are capable of. Once I destroyed a piece right before someone asked to buy it. I repainted it, but couldnt recapture what she was after. My current course is to put the thing away for 30 days, then pull it out and make a decision.

As far as what I’d like to see here, how about some pics and dialogue about what you’ve been up to. Shots from a rodeo or pics from your studio window when it snows. What you were thinking about as you trudged up that mountain path, etc.

]]> Comment on Ideas - help! by larry jewett http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-919 larry jewett Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:12:25 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-919 Well, since McCain's choice for VP has been pretty well covered ... how about this for a topic: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bobcats5-2008sep05,0,2286826.story" rel="nofollow">Wildlife looking for the good life</a> All this time, I thought you had to go to a game farm or zoo to get good closeups of bobcats. Well, since McCain’s choice for VP has been pretty well covered …

how about this for a topic:

Wildlife looking for the good life

All this time, I thought you had to go to a game farm or zoo to get good closeups of bobcats.

]]> Comment on Online art resources by Sandra Strother http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-918 Sandra Strother Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:14 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-918 I love the blog. I have it in my fav's. The websites are great. Thanks for all you do to inspire the rest of us artists. Sandy I love the blog. I have it in my fav’s. The websites are great. Thanks for all you do to inspire the rest of us artists. Sandy

]]> Comment on Ideas - help! by Tania http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-915 Tania Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:53:20 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/09/04/ideas-help/#comment-915 I'd love to hear your personal take on approaching galleries. I’d love to hear your personal take on approaching galleries.

]]> Comment on Running a bit wild… by Julie Chapman http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-894 Julie Chapman Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:38:04 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-894 Y'all are good for my ego. The question is WHERE the heck to sell these things...they're way too contemporary for any of my existing galleries. If/when I figure that out, I'll share it here. Y’all are good for my ego. The question is WHERE the heck to sell these things…they’re way too contemporary for any of my existing galleries. If/when I figure that out, I’ll share it here.

]]> Comment on Running a bit wild… by Lisa Frank http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-854 Lisa Frank Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:51:46 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-854 I love this piece. It's loose and free and the colors are perfect together. I like how much movement it has while not being too busy or muddy. Very well done. I love this piece. It’s loose and free and the colors are perfect together. I like how much movement it has while not being too busy or muddy. Very well done.

]]> Comment on Running a bit wild… by Sally Berner http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-847 Sally Berner Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:56:44 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-847 Love it! I can even see the glow on my monitor. Great movement, color, power and a feel of action. I remember reading about Nancy Glazier when she was sick of painting the "same old, same old" and started looser, more colorful painting using her other hand. She got grief from the galleries but they are selling as well (and possibly better) than her other more detailed work. My feeling.... Go with your instincts! Love it! I can even see the glow on my monitor. Great movement, color, power and a feel of action. I remember reading about Nancy Glazier when she was sick of painting the “same old, same old” and started looser, more colorful painting using her other hand. She got grief from the galleries but they are selling as well (and possibly better) than her other more detailed work.

My feeling…. Go with your instincts!

]]> Comment on Running a bit wild… by Ann Snow http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-831 Ann Snow Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:12:22 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/running-a-bit-wild/#comment-831 What you are doing on a non-absorbent surface with oil paint reminds me of encaustic painting with wax on a smooth paper. The effect is so different in both media and the colors so vivid that there is a lot of movement in the art work........no matter what the subject. I am not talking about adding a liquid wax to oils but to just using wax with a heated implement to spread the wax around. Without having a specific subject in mind, it is possible and probable to get really great effects. I love your work...no matter what you paint or draw. What you are doing on a non-absorbent surface with oil paint reminds me of encaustic painting with wax on a smooth paper. The effect is so different in both media and the colors so vivid that there is a lot of movement in the art work……..no matter what the subject. I am not talking about adding a liquid wax to oils but to just using wax with a heated implement to spread the wax around. Without having a specific subject in mind, it is possible and probable to get really great effects. I love your work…no matter what you paint or draw.

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