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A taste of what's to come...

I got so distracted these last two months by my other work, but now I am so insanely focused and determined, it's like a major high! I found a cool quote from Bruce Lee saying "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus" - and that is my most favorite motivational quote at the moment. So, I am almost done with this one new piece and I am starting a new smaller one for the "for the love of art" competition coming up veeery soon. I had to redo my studio again cause the people we rent from wanted their closet that my painting was leaning against and then they gave us another smaller closet and a big chest... and there was so much stuff in the bigger closet so I had to spend a whole day clearing up the room and making studio space again! These are some pics of the progress and the experience :)

I must say I really miss my 4th Year Fine Arts, no matter how insanely tough it was... I miss the guidance from my mentor Frikkie Eksteen, an amazing painter. It is tough being on your own and having to build a stronger and stronger sense of self discipline and focus - you have to in order to make it in the art world. 

Oh how I love expression

A taste of what is to come

Getting ready

Before...

...After  ;P

Almost done!

My studio space :)

My awesome tiny studio :P haha

Aaaah! It has been a month! How can this be? *gasp! So this time has passed so super quickly and I think it is highly due to the fact that every Wednesday I drive down to my mom's (an hour away) so that Thursday mornings I can drive another hour to Potch where I am taking one subject - because that is the only place in South Africa offering the subject.. which is called "Art and Intervention" and deals a lot with art therapy and the whole concept of how art can bring healing to people. This, of course, is something I am highly interested in - my final year fine arts practical and research paper dealt widely on the subject. ..and then I drive back to Pretoria (two hours from Potch) where I currently live. So that is a lot of driving smack in the middle of the week and somehow the time from one Thursday afternoon to a Wednesday goes just about like the speed of light. But anyway, I wanted to post some pictures proving that if an artist needs to paint they WILL find a way to convert the teeniest tiniest of spaces into a studio as seen below. Yes I miss my big studio space at the University where I could work as big as I liked on canvasses that encompassed my whole stretched out body... but I am totally making due with what is possible and available to me at this point in time. I actually converted the small deck area by our front door into studio space. (We live in a tiny cottage in a backyard - being students and all...). It is such a challenge working smaller, because when I do my expressionistic part of my paintings it takes like two minutes to finish.. then I'm like... I need twenty more canvasses I'm not done expressing dammit... In my recent works I've decided to mix my two favorite styles and add figures to my crazy expressions... We'll just have to wait and see how it turns out... ;) 

Needless to say I cannot wait to one day have my very own house and have a whole entire big room be my studio space! One day...

Plus, so my whole dream of nurturing a love of art in children is slowly but surely starting to take form.. it is starting with one art and craft workshop but I will turn this into full blown art classes.. focusing on cultivating the unique creative spirit of each individual child. This is very important to me. I think the greatest of artists will be made if they get the opportunity and motivation to explore their own inner creativity and imaginations, with complete creative freedom. Freedom to discover their own unique creative identities. What amazing new art movements may come into existence when young artists are free to dream and explore the magic inside of them? Anything is possible.This makes me very excited!