tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post1804854934052107913..comments2023-03-18T02:17:30.576-07:00Comments on Dusty Fingers: 'What do artists do?' and Standing Prior Green, 12x9Brenda Boylanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448927740951224325noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-4023996761901058102011-04-20T16:25:54.516-07:002011-04-20T16:25:54.516-07:00Glad you liked this post Kim, wouldn't you jus...Glad you liked this post Kim, wouldn't you just love to know what others REALLY think? Like, reading their mind or something to that extent. Or better yet, maybe tatoo "artist' on my forehead...that'll get 'em asking! HA!Brenda Boylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448927740951224325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-62599027206058212322011-04-20T11:49:33.327-07:002011-04-20T11:49:33.327-07:00LOL! Funny post and I think I'm so odd, when ...LOL! Funny post and I think I'm so odd, when I tell people I'm an artist, they seem to think to themselves, "of course you are"! LOL!Kim Vanlandinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915563680789917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-43976577396912706722011-04-20T10:22:02.648-07:002011-04-20T10:22:02.648-07:00Hi Rahina,
I applaud you for fitting art into your...Hi Rahina,<br />I applaud you for fitting art into your very busy life as an educator, even if it's every once in a while. Educators are SO important, it sounds like you love what you do.<br /><br />Hi Casey,<br />My elevator blub is pretty short too, just enough to get the point across in plain english. HA! Thanks for the compliments on this one. Can you see the lichen on the trees...definitely Oregon!<br /><br />Susan, Yes, most people say that to me too. I loved his inquiry and was glad to share that there is more to being an artist besides the obvious. It made me stop and think. I couldn't imaging being anything else either.<br /><br />Suzanne, it surprises me too, but then again not. It's kind of like when you are out plein air painting...a bystander will usually stop by and ask the question..."Are you an artist?" (No, I'm just here faking it.)<br /><br />Donna, you crack me up! My laundry waits too..and the dinner, cleaning bathrooms and picking up the kids afterschool. Oh, and thanks for the compliment...for that matter, thanks to all of you for the kind words on this first attempt back out.Brenda Boylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448927740951224325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-60223609704933486022011-04-20T09:53:31.553-07:002011-04-20T09:53:31.553-07:00You are right, Brenda, those are sensitive trees a...You are right, Brenda, those are sensitive trees and that spring green ... Wow! Oh alright I'll say it for you: this is perty!!! I hope to be able to say I'm a working artist someday. At the moment I'm just a domestic engineer. The laundry awaits ...Donna Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129186863757507990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-45230166973132498072011-04-20T09:40:50.053-07:002011-04-20T09:40:50.053-07:00Thank you for your sharing of "What do artist...Thank you for your sharing of "What do artists do", with the engaging reply. <br />I've often been surprised that when giving the answer of working as an Artist, there has been a quick reply that is a projection of what someone thinks an artist's life is like. These responses can also be quite different. So I listen and then add my part if they care to hear the other reality.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14027138252640828910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-36594799835807058092011-04-20T08:07:51.862-07:002011-04-20T08:07:51.862-07:00Great landscape and wonderful commentary here Bren...Great landscape and wonderful commentary here Brenda. I usually get instead- "It must be fun to play and paint all day!" The majority of the public doesn't realize how difficult it is to be an Artist. <br />Couldn't imagine being anything else though:)SUSAN RODENhttp://SUSANRODEN.BLOGSPOT.COMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-28150641157633460802011-04-20T07:34:31.807-07:002011-04-20T07:34:31.807-07:00I have to say my elevator blurb doesn't includ...I have to say my elevator blurb doesn't include an explanation for what an artist does.<br /><br />I am looking hard at your new painting - very, very good. Simple, and yet organized just so. Great one, Brenda.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839646558738602935.post-4851614125707908632011-04-20T03:11:32.486-07:002011-04-20T03:11:32.486-07:00beautiful work, the colours suggest a warmth risin...beautiful work, the colours suggest a warmth rising from the earth that belies the cold that you describe. <br />what do i say? i can't say i am an artist because i don't have the consistency in my work to say so; my day job is in education and it allows me to spend most months of the year painting and going away every now and then to hoard together some money for more painting materials and some bread and cheese;) i confidently say i am a teacher trainer and one day i may say i am an artist... so far, i say i paint:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com