wrap up ~ make art every day

Dreamy Denise Eco-brooch. (C) Chrissy Foreman C 2009
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So the Art Every Day Month is over, and I admit I didn't make art every day ... however it's nice to look back over the last month and see that a whole lot of new works and ideas were born, developed and nurtured over the last month.

I think it's amazing how much a concept or new obsession, such as working with recycled materials in my case, can grow and morph as time goes on. I love that about being an artist ~ seeing my work transform along with me as a person and mirroring my dreams, goals and interests.

Sometimes I find my rate of creative transformation alarming and I can barely keep up with myself ... something new every day. Other times I'll feel like I'm hardly moving at all in my work. Sometimes I push myself to exhaustion and other times I take a break from it totally.

Being a full time artist isn't always a wonderful thing ~ many people might think it would be 'great to play with paint all day', but in my experience it's all peaches and cream!
It takes courage, strength, commitment, flexibility and a delicate balance of sanity and insanity.
It's wonderful and scary. It's hard work and it's plaful. It's connective and lonely. I'm driven to share, yet I feel so vulnerable about my work.

And it's all okay.
I can't not do it. It makes me who I am and I'm glad I've been born this way.

I think, like everything else, it's a juggling act, and sometimes we have to know when to introduce new balls and when to drop some from the mix.

It keeps me honest with myself and I love the fact that I've allowed myself to walk the path of nurturing my creative career.

To all the new people I've met through art every Day Month, and of course to all my old fave blog friends, Thank You for making this journey with me and sharing your comments and work with me. And Thank You for listening and watching! What is art without someone to share it with?

Love C x