Process

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!

The weather is once again beautiful, the sun has begun its treck across the sky and there is a lovely morning dew spread across the forest.

I am often involved in discussions concerning inspiriation. Where does my work come from? How do I find the element that pushes me to create? What keeps me going?

My work is based, as is many artists, on the individuals that paved the way before me. Jim Henson and his forever loveable characters. Tim Burton who showed me that creepy can be wonderful. Heronoymus Bosch had the amazing ability to create his own version of reality. This list could go on and on as honestly inspiriation flows in for me in many ways.

The drive to create is the result of years of practice and a few mental tricks. I do not buy into the school of artists waiting of the mood to strike. That is a great method for some but I have spent my life working because the luxury of waiting for inspiriation has never been afforded to me. Early in my college experience, many of my instructors would play music in the studio. that began a mental training that I still employ today. Whenever I have music on, I feel the strong desire to work. I know that it sounds crazy, but for me it works.

I create because it is what I do. Four years ago I relocated to my birth state to be closer to family. I thought I had entered a quiet time in my creative process. Upon finding my home and unpacking I started hanging and displaying my work. After a couple of days work I stepped back to look at my display. Reality hit me, every single piece on display in my current home had been created in this “quiet” time. I was beating myself up for not creating enough work, but I had hung well over a hundred peices throughout my home.

Often I find that as an artist I find that the work I create just happens. I am unaware of the process. Creating is just what I do. Is it it all fantastic work? No. Do I learn from each piece? Yes.

George from Enchantedland