Hello I'm Ida Brown--Contemporary artist/painter.I currently live in Washington State. I recently created this piece I call "Paint Ball" in my studio. Acrylic on a 36x48 canvas. I created this piece in a fit of angst and passion. I was attacking the canvas and throwing paint at it much like how a paintball gun targets a victim and covers them in splatters of paint. e-mail: brownida758@gmail.com or check out my art for sale at the FASO art site: https://houseofbrown2.faso.com
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Using My Brain Too Much Today! Need to Paint for Relief!
I am hoping to do some more painting this weekend... I want to paint some animals or horses... It will give me some welcome relief from day to day stresses of work. Today at work I was working on some database records management so I was trying some boolean search techniques and I am a bit out of practice... I love techie stuff, but it taxes my brain... Especially if you work hard all day. I still love it though... Sometimes after work I play the piano a little bit to relax too... Tonight it was bike riding!
Art is more fun and not work unless I am stuck on something then that is no fun! Was helping my son work on his homework tonight after work. That after a long day at work is sure tiring! Will post some more artwork soon...
Art is more fun and not work unless I am stuck on something then that is no fun! Was helping my son work on his homework tonight after work. That after a long day at work is sure tiring! Will post some more artwork soon...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Still Working On New Ideas! What's Up With Some People!
Hello, I was doodling on my sketch pad the other day... I was sketching a dog jumping up to catch a frisbee... Just a happy dog! And I am just about finished with one of my portrait paintings...
I was also chatting the other day with a business owner who runs a print business... I guess they are stressed about the art business... They need to chill out and try to remember not to take things so seriously. Your work can take you over if you let it. You always need to remember there are others things besides work! And of course it is hard to get started as an artist! Why do you think they came up with the term starving artist! Many famous artists died poor and alone! Their work only became known when someone else discovered it! Art supplies especially oils are very expensive! You need to have a job just so you can afford the supplies! So I am happy to have the opportunity to create my art. And I have the freedom to do what I want and I don't care what people think? I have had little or no training so I don't worry if I am doing it wrong or not and I am not afraid to try different things!
Just do what you love... If people like it then wonderful, if they don't who cares... If you make money or not who cares... Just do it! Sometimes I work fast and create unusal works and I love it! Sometimes I work slower more deliberate. Depends on my mood or what I am doing...
I was also chatting the other day with a business owner who runs a print business... I guess they are stressed about the art business... They need to chill out and try to remember not to take things so seriously. Your work can take you over if you let it. You always need to remember there are others things besides work! And of course it is hard to get started as an artist! Why do you think they came up with the term starving artist! Many famous artists died poor and alone! Their work only became known when someone else discovered it! Art supplies especially oils are very expensive! You need to have a job just so you can afford the supplies! So I am happy to have the opportunity to create my art. And I have the freedom to do what I want and I don't care what people think? I have had little or no training so I don't worry if I am doing it wrong or not and I am not afraid to try different things!
Just do what you love... If people like it then wonderful, if they don't who cares... If you make money or not who cares... Just do it! Sometimes I work fast and create unusal works and I love it! Sometimes I work slower more deliberate. Depends on my mood or what I am doing...
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Trying To Come Up With An Idea???
Trying to come up with something to paint? Trying to do an original piece... A tough one for any artist. I like to make my own creations so I have to dig deep into my brain to come up with some kind of concept or idea. This is a complicated process... Usually I start with an idea, then design a setting, then I go on to develop the characters in the setting...
So what will I come up with next? I am not quite sure? Right now I am kicking back and relaxing after a long work week... I am leaning toward a piece with people in a very personal setting or close relationship... I will look around for inspiration. In the meantime I will go out if the weather is willing and do some Plein air painting... I haven't done that before as I don't like people peering over my shoulder. I can work very fast with paints so it should be easy... It is dealing with the nosey onlookers that can be a pain and interferes with my creative thought... Will see what happens... Have been wanting to do a painting of a a business and I have one in mind...
So what will I come up with next? I am not quite sure? Right now I am kicking back and relaxing after a long work week... I am leaning toward a piece with people in a very personal setting or close relationship... I will look around for inspiration. In the meantime I will go out if the weather is willing and do some Plein air painting... I haven't done that before as I don't like people peering over my shoulder. I can work very fast with paints so it should be easy... It is dealing with the nosey onlookers that can be a pain and interferes with my creative thought... Will see what happens... Have been wanting to do a painting of a a business and I have one in mind...
Monday, April 25, 2011
Touching Base With Everyone
Hello All...
Still working at home in my studio when I get the chance. My family has been very supportive of this artist. It can be hard for a family to live with an artist. I am talking to other artists and I am finding that many artists can be a bit off the wall or different. I think different is great! It would be very boring if we were all alike wouldn't it?
Still working at home in my studio when I get the chance. My family has been very supportive of this artist. It can be hard for a family to live with an artist. I am talking to other artists and I am finding that many artists can be a bit off the wall or different. I think different is great! It would be very boring if we were all alike wouldn't it?
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