Hands down one of my top favorite places to go in St. Louis. Took one of my friends there today who had never been there (which is a crime) and when we walked in she was just open mouth, wide-eyed looking around for a good 5-10 minutes. Such a glorious place. I posted some of the photos from today here (the last 6 are the new ones).
My favorite from today…
When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.~Georgia O’Keeffe
I would just like to say that putting a portfolio together is a bit stressful for me. I don’t want to take too many or too few photos and I want to have some variation but not look like I don’t have any direction. Then there is the wondering if taking one photo and not a different one I was thinking about has cost me the gig.
Sometimes I think I am not the ideal person to pick out my best work. All I can do is try - I hate feeling like I am being judged though. Unfortunately to get any kind of “job” in the art world, you have to lay your work out there for someone else to criticize.
I have to give myself credit though because I never used to put myself out there because I never wanted to hear anything negative. Now, I am at least able to take some constructive criticism (as long as it’s not too harsh) so I suppose I am growing as an artist. I am curious to see what is in store for me (and my art “careerâ€) over the next few years.
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I have not done decoupage in years.  I picked it back up a couple days ago and I’m back in love with it. This is a mini 4×4 panel that I stuck pages from an Asian book on (used book stores are so wonderful). I think I’m going to do an image transfer of my crow drawing on it.  Will be playing more with it today.
St. Louis has an art event each year called Naughti Gras. The theme of the pieces in the show is erotic art.  This was the 4th year of the show but my first time going. There was a lot of variety in the pieces – some were tasteful, some were right in your face, and some were just odd. Some of my favorites were the dark, high contract nudes where the human figure is almost an abstract. My least favorite was a photo of a womans bits with a gun pointed at it – was not a fan.
This show did teach me something about myself – I don’t think I will ever really get into erotic art. Nature and the outdoors is my muse. The most interesting part of the show for me was a beautiful stairway in the building which I snapped a couple pictures of…
I have a feeling we will attend the show next year and I will take my good camera and we will dress up and make more of an event out of it because there were some interesting people there (great place for people watching).
Oh, and my site is still a little messed up, sorry. Still working on getting things back in order.
I like to be behind the camera because I hate pictures of myself.  Some of my least favorite projects in school were when we had to do self portraits. I have been thinking that I need to change that and maybe do a “Self Portrait” album on here. But, I don’t want to be one of those artists who posts hundreds of pictures of themself.  If I end up starting the album and keeping up with it, I will try to keep it down to just a few photos.
Let’s kick this off…
Everyday is a good day when you get to see Ruthie! She is so happy and full of life. You just can’t be in a bad mood around her. I always love taking pictures of her (thank you Laura for letting me).
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Did the drawing this morning, I’m not sure if this is done or not but I dig it. I’m thinking of calling it “My Favorite Things” and drawing stuff all over it (butterflies, flowers, paw print, necklace…). Going to let it sit for a bit with just the camera and maybe come back to it later.
