Daily Painters International Art Gallery: January Trees by Helen Read

Sunday, January 30, 2011

January Trees by Helen Read

January Trees, 8x6" Oil Pastel on paper

ready to frame

I'm sorry to say that January has just flown by! Its been a very busy month, as it always is ... I've been working on a larger painting - and now, this small one in pastel to be posted before the end of the month is here! (which is tomorrow!) While it might seem that I've been idle, that's not exactly true!

My classroom duties have kept me very busy - as well as other home and family things.

This one is small and rather simple - done in an almost impressionistic style. I like oil pastels because they are so blend-able, and they mix on the paper almost like paint on a canvas. The subject matter is about all I can see - snow on everything!

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COPYING OTHER ARTISTS

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard this and seen this on the internet. Being a curator as well as an artist I have come across this too many times! Many upcoming artists seem to think that it is just ok to copy other artists works and concepts. Although artists do not "own" concepts, among the artists community this is definitely not what artists do. Artists work very hard to come up with concepts that other artists are not doing. This is very difficult to do. So to have another artist think it is just ok to run with that artists concept hurts the artist and only makes that artist look bad to collectors and the artists community. It will surely ruin your reputation! Is that what you want? If they would look around and see all the beauty that God has created they should have no problem coming up with their own concepts. Open your eyes! Be your own person / artist. Paint from your heart. Artists are working even harder now in this economy to make a living. As far as I am concerned, copying another artist is "stealing"! Remember this....Do unto others as you would have them do to you!

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