https://www.ArtWanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=21870 This RSS feed displays the 10 most recent images that have been uploaded by to ArtWanted.com MST en-us https://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=21870&Tab=Blog Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:05:00 MST 10th June I've now become accustomed to visiting AW only intermittently. I have only 2 more chances to upload this month. At the moment I am not painting much, so there is nothing new to post and I really don't want to dig up old relics to upload instead. The pressure to upload all the time in order to be noticed is of course a feature of redbubble, too, where quite a few AW members have portfolios and there is even a group for "AW refugees". As far as I can see, most of them don't actually leave AW. I'm surprised AW hasn't done anything about lifting restrictions on uploading for free members, considering how cheap a terrabyte is these days! However, that is really of little interest to me now. Those paying for the honour of uploading here are welcome to do so. I know it is not very expensive, but it is a matter of principle for me that - as a struggling artist - I do not pay for things I can get free! While paying at AW (for 2 years) I did not sell anything at all and I believe that is what most AW members experience. Traffic is actually mainly the members themselves, after all. I hope you are having a great June and creating wonderful artworks in whatever medium you prefer! At redbubble I am registered as "faithart", by the way. https://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=21870&Tab=Blog Sat, 17 May 2008 03:17:26 MST 17th May. My premium membership expires at the end of this month and I have already removed far more images than I needed to and am continuing to file down what I display here. One reason is that I don't want to show art or photos that have lost their actuality. I do not see the purpose in allowing a portfolio to become so large that it is unmanageable. I know some members, particularly those working in digital images, which are comparatively fast (though not necessarily easy) to produce compared with painting, have literally thousands of images on display. But this goes against my own idea of renewal and I do not work in digital painting, so I cannot fill in gaps in "real" painting production that way. I have not decided whether to continue on any noticeable scale at AW, but I have made some nice contacts here, and am grateful for that, so I will maintain a small portfolio and hope that anyone interested in my work will link to my website and browse there (but I also renew and replace those images frequently). Since I joined AW, other sites have drawn my attention and of course, the internet form of display for one's creative work is expanding daily. I wish everyone a creative summer (or winter, as the case may be!). https://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=21870&Tab=Blog Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:54:59 MST 8th March. I finally took the time to remove all but one of the images from my portfolio. Anyone interested in my work could visit my website at faithart.net. I have no idea whether I shall be posting any more images here, but as the site is already hopelessly oversubscribed, I'm sure I won't be missed. Best wishes to all of you. https://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=21870&Tab=Blog Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:28:23 MST 4th March I don't really know how to explain my current mood! The fact is that I am not painting anything at all these days, and the paintings I did in the past seem like relics from some distant age! I seem to have lost any relationship to them. Attempts to start painting again are thwarted by a strong aversion to the activity. "This can't be true. It isn't me!" I keep telling myself, then I ask myself "If the painting wasn't me, what is?" I've had painter's block before now and combatted it by changing media or subject, but this time I am at a loss to know what to do. Since my creativity is of necessity channelled down several alleys, I am not idle. I have been writing urgently needed arrangements for my chorus and spent the last couple of months writing texts for my schoolbook publisher - a task which looms up at the beginning of each year. Usually the painting has been relaxing and after sitting in front of the computer screen for weeks. But this time things are different. My problem is that I can't really do things if I think they are a total waste of time. Have I finally realized that my talent is too modest to achieve any more? They say that when adults learn a new language, they get so far and no further. Painting is also a language. Maybe this really is as far as I can get. I plan to leave this blog here for a few more days (maybe someone will read it and want to comment). But I will be removing the entire portfolio within a few weeks. There seems no further point in it since I cannot identify with the contents. Thanks to everyone for your kind and encouraging and sometimes outrageous comments. I loved them all. Take care and happy painting!