Inspiration Fridays! Is It Ripe Yet?

8paint Inspiration Friday Is It Ripe Yet

Creativity’s not precious. It’s feral. It’s compost…

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Inspiration Fridays! What’s fueling your curiosity?

8paint Inspiration Friday Whats fueling your curiosity

I’m curious. Not in a nosy way, I just love the possibility that shows up when we’re open…

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Traveling without Knowing

The word painting feels light and exciting. The word profession brings with it a different kind of weight.
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Paint Like a 4th Grader

The word painting feels light and exciting. The word profession brings with it a different kind of weight.
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How do you stay creative through the Holidays?

An undisciplined wrestling match between my art and attention to those that I love raged as Christmas drew nigh. Painting would regularly triumph...
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Inspiration Fridays! Who Are Your People?

The life of an artist can be hard, especially if you feel surrounded by a community that doesn’t understand what you are trying to say with your work.
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Inspiration Fridays! How do you know when it’s good?

The conversations, laughter, wine, and art combine to make an electric stew.
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Inspiration Fridays! Does having a show get any easier?

This fear of showing up can be crippling, but it’s also what makes our art real. Painting in an echo chamber doesn’t make for strong work.
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Inspiration Fridays! Deadlines

How do you finish a painting? Deadlines force us to make decisions, and they sharpen who we are as artists.
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Inspiration Fridays! It’s time to grow a new way of seeing.

The shadow side of even the whitest beard remains in the shadow..
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Inspiration Fridays! Seeing With New Eyes

Sometimes I can’t see past my beliefs and it affects what I get to see.
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Inspiration Fridays! How do you plan for a break?

I quit the other day. I threw in the towel, and then jumped in after it.
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Inspiration Fridays! Do you trust your compass?

I have this friend. He and I like to head out on adventure trips into the great beyond.
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Inspiration Fridays! Why do we get stuck?

At the end of the day I can feel good about my list, but my creative mind often just feels tired and overwhelmed.