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Where do my ideas come from?

20/3/2020

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Right here.  Look at these beauties.  

I walk around my seaside community and take photos just like this every
time I see something of interest.  Then when I have a number of images collected and new paintings to consider, I look through my collection and see what inspires me.  

​So what actually inspires me? Great question. 
You know those times when you spontaneously react to something.  Like the sigh that spontaneously escapes you, or the "oh my" reaction.  I simply pay attention to those because they have touched my spirit in some way.  So I know if they touched me then they are likely to touch other people to0. 

The other piece beyond the subject matter, is the angle that I choose to capture the image and the framing that my artistic eye finds appealing.  I like to capture the image with enough information that I can further edit the frame back in the studio, but to be honest, I like to capture the image pretty much how I see the painting coming together.  I'd rather not do a ton of editing and cropping of the image.  If the framing inspires me in the moment then it's likely significant framing for the final painting.  I hope that makes sense. 

So what has you stop and take notice?  What touches your spirit?  I'd love to hear about it.  Leave a message below.  
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