Artists draw, paint, sculpt and forge their emotions into a visual existence

Poets crate pictures with words they express feelings and emotions through language alone. Artists draw, paint, sculpt and forge their emotions into a visual existence.
But the result is often a byproduct of how we respond to the world around us.
Each time I make a piece of jewelry there are a set of problems I must solve to bring my creation to life. The process is a constant journey for me in that I learn something new from the work each time I execute a design. Failures often teach you more than successes


”Well, I would say the aim of art is a constant, and a continuous job to reveal visually the attitude of our mentality. And the less we disturb the influence of our mentality the more I believe we come close to the truth.”

“The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world. And I think I've said before that there is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations. That's the same I think. And scientists can be just as creative as an artist.” Josef Albers Quotes

Creating art is also a process allowing you to improve your skills and techniques

Some artists spend a life time creating art containing the same subject matter.
I believe this to be not perseveration or an obsessive behavior but a valid study of the different approach an artist brings to his or her work.
Unlike the poet who is unwilling, to edit a poem in fear that he or she will bring a different point of view or set of emotions to the work. An artist depends on this difference to grow improving his or her skills and techniques.

Georgia O’Keef said of painting flowers “Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time”.
” I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it”.

Creating Art is a journey into the unknown and unfamiliar

I wander into the unknown so that I may gain an understanding of a material or of a process.

Perhaps I’m seeking an explanation or validation of my reactions to the world around me.

Or perhaps I’m exploring a deepening emotion. What ever the reason it doesn’t really matter.

The journey will find its own beginning and its own ending and what ever I create, will be for me a personal growth experience.

Others will view my work and take a different point of view and have an altogether separate experience because we are after all unique human beings.

I wander into the unknown not because I am brave but because I choose to look at what is possible rather than to dwell on what is or has been.

What use to us are the things we know, if not to challenge us to question these theories and practices? Shouldn’t the things we know push our minds toward a different if not better understanding. How else can we break through the boundaries of science, technology and artistic expression?

Have you thought about the process of creating and how you respond to your materials?

Art is an on going dialogue because the process of creating art is a conversation between the artist and the materials used to create art. This dialogue always, takes the artist one step further in gaining depth and understanding in the work(s) created. Each time we engage in the process of creating art we also learn something about our own response to the world around us. Although the work it self is important, at times the process can become more instrumental to the artist than the completed work(s).

Shapes and the elements used to create a design

Being open to the influences around you means that some times a shape will influence me to create a piece of jewelry. The shape of stone or the shape of a flower petal can become incorporated into the design of a pendant or a pair of earrings.

Pablo Picasso said “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web”.

Questions about the living a creative life

Life is an on going dialogue; The stage is set each day.

The scenes change moment by moment; choices, motivations, senses, responses all write the story.

If Art is your driving force, how do you play your part to the fullest?

How do you engage the world around you and yet not become overwhelmed by it?

How do you develop your artistic voice , promote yourself and yet still live a somewhat private life?

What influences drive you to create?

To me, living the life of an Artist means opening myself up to the world around me.

I must accept external forces and allow them to influence what I create. But I must also bring upon these influences what is deep within my heart mind and soul.

Thoughts on the creative process.

An idea is just creation waiting to happen.

A creation is often a solution to a problem an artist presents to him or herself.

It's Wednesday an icy rain is falling so School is closed.
Although I live in Stormville NY, I work part time as a teaching assistant in Newtown CT.
I woke up with some jewelry design ideas that I can now work on so the time off will be well spent.

So far the day has been softly and slowly unfolding.
Cold and gray morning, icy rain falling.
Warm house, cat sitting on my desk while I write these thoughts.
Husband Steve tucked away in bed welcoming well deserved extra sleep.
So off to my studio I will go, wishing everyone a pleasant day.