Blogs on Art

There are moments in my creative process when I feel completely stuck. It’s not the kind of stuck where I don’t have ideas. Sometimes it’s worse than that.

Within ChatGPT, you can create custom versions of GPTs with specific instructions tailored for unique tasks. I’ve been having some fun experimenting with my own custom GPTs and wanted to share what I’ve created with you.

I was moving my artwork into a storage box when I found an old sketch that I used for the basis of “Bloom,” a large acrylic painting that I created back in 2013.

Near the end of each year, I begin working on a new and updated art book that includes all the artwork I’ve created for that year. I’m doing things a bit differently for 2023.

The irony of receiving more meaningful engagement from a machine than from human followers on social media.

I had an old mix of green ink that was perfect for what I was hoping to portray for this piece. Typically I would use this color to indicate life or growth, but in this case, it was a better indicator for the toxic energy that I find myself dealing with from time to time.

Balancing creativity, production, marketing, and sales on a day-to-day basis is no easy task, and artists who work hard to make a living at their craft deserve some attention and a HUGE amount of respect. And no…I’m not talking about me.

The so-called “creative block” that I’ve run into over the years has come from anxieties over my work not being good enough, telling myself that I didn’t have enough time, comparing myself to other artists, and so many other things.

I had a nagging feeling and some sort of vision repeating in my mind for the past few days that I needed to create this. And through my sloppy mistakes and fumbling around and uncertainty, it seemed to have created itself.

Inspired by the song “Into The Mystic” by Van Morrison, a quick sketch/painting demonstrating Artgraf’s Water-soluble Graphite on Yupo paper.