Attitude Towards Art: Courage

Well, this is my first post in my new blog, "All About Art". As I teach, I find that I learn also. I have learned much in my years teaching and producing art. Therefore, I wanted to share with others the lessons I have learned. I wanted to start with attitude, because I feel to be successful in an art career one must have the right attitude. And what would that be? Well, firstly, one must have courage. Courage to share with others in the face of possible rejection. Some are wonderful artists but lack the courage to put their works before strangers...How tragic. The world is denied wonderful works of art due to lack of exposure...traced back to fear. How does one combat that? One must believe in himself. He (she) must speak truth to himself. If a person wasn't raised by parents who told them that they could accomplish anything they put their mind to, then they must reinforce this themselves. "Everyone may not like my art, but that's okay. Lots of people like different kinds of art. Some will like mine. Others won't. That's okay. Just because everyone doesn't like it doesn't mean that it's bad..." I've had people rave about my art and buy multiple pieces and members in my own family will comment that they don't care for them! The most important thing is that you must like your own work. And, you need exposure! More about that later...