hello and happy monday to you! i am often asked if i am an artist when i explain what it is that i do for a "living". to which i use to pause & say "i guess you could say that". because it seemed to me that to be an artist your work should be on a canvas or sketch pad. not that i haven't been drawing for years. in-fact an artist is exactly what i wanted to be when i "grew up". or a vet. in which case animals became my main subject matter. as seen in a very early drawing i found of mine. {below}
i couldn't think anything would be more wonderful as a job if it meant doodling w/ crayons. obviously a young boy named "jack" felt the same when you peek @ the old crayon "art" {below| i happened to find years ago...
but i have learned thru the years that art can be in the form of many things. case in point. this past weekend i was a contributor of wares to a couple wonderful fund raisers for our community. friday eve found hubby and i @ the historical society keeping history alive event. {my last post shows my creation}. i went wanting to show my support of my town's history. not with the intent of bidding on a single thing.
there were works by many artists. many of them were a fabrication of something other than painting or drawing. RAGGMOPP was one of them. {below}
i had admired her quickly when i dropped off my necklace earlier. she was brought to "life" @ the hands of a talented gal...becca mccollum. created from a recycled goatskin collar + mink cuffs. her bio card said "ain't she sweet"? to which i couldn't have agreed more. and decided to jump in on a whim with a bid. that ultimately made her mine!
so now that i owned this piece of "art" i wasn't even sure if she would translate into our decor. i didn't quite fancy myself a teddy bear girl @ this stage of my life. til i found this picture {below} while digging for media for this post. i did this drawing 20 years ago. and finding it made me appreciate raggmopp all the more as her new adoptive mom.
seems my hubby was struck by the work of another artist. a gal by the name of paula shaugnessy. a piece that, once again, i thought was spectacular upon seeing it. but not something that i considered buying.
then the bidding starts. and "marilyn in glass" was on the auction block. the bids were a little slow when he looked @ me and said "bid on her"!
now i am a deep deliberator and thinker. rarely acting on impulse. but i threw my bid number in the air. not even knowing where the bid was @ much less where to end. when she reached the max hubby had allowed...i found myself caught up in the moment. exceeding his set amount suddenly wanting to "win" her. to which i did. so now we were the unplanned, yet proud, owners of this one of kind creation of past objects reinterpreted into a modern piece of "art". {below}
here again...i didn't think this creation would work into our surroundings. but after reading the bio on how she came about and looking @ her in an entirely different light...i bonded with our friend, "marilyn". again once again proving that art can be so much more than something a brush or pencil created.
so if you asked me today what i do for a living. i can proudly say i am an "artist". but i will tell you that i refuse to grow up. and still appreciate a good round with a box of crayons!
thanks for peeking today & sharing my definition of art!
