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S e v e n t y - S i x

Every artist should answer these simple questions.

1. Why do you work with art?

2. What's your inspiration?

3. What is the best thing to remember about being an artist to you? Why?

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1. Why do you work with art?

I work with art because... everyday I feel something new and painting is a way for me to express my thoughts and get my feeling all out of me. Everything that has been piled up throughout the day and painting lets me bring it all out on a blank canvas that is filled with my anger, sadness, or happiness depending on the day.

2. What is your inspiration?

My inspiration is all the artist that have come before me. I feel like they showed their feelings and stories through all their work even though most people might not see it inside every painting, you know it's there when you look at it.

3. What is the best thing to remember about being an artist to you? Why?

I feel like art is not always about pretty things. It's about who we are what happened to us, and how our lives are affected, is the best thing to remember about art. Sure anyone can make a pretty picture based of an image they might have been looking at, but a true artist can make something their own. Put their stories and feeling into their own piece that was originally their own work. They weren't inspired by anything except themselves and their own stories that are wanting to be told deep within.

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Like I said before art is not always about pretty things. I've always remembered this saying when ever I paint, because I know that art can be what has happened to us and how our lives have been affected by events in us that we want to share out, but don't know the words to express the feelings we have. We use an empty canvas and write out feeling through color instead of words. Artist write without words or can choose to. Everyone is an artist. You can think your bad or good about your artistic talents, but without some practice, inspiration or belief in yourself you can tell yourself your not good enough and move on to something else. Art isn't easy. There are many different techniques and just because something is pretty doesn't mean your a true artist yet. You have to show you can make your own work using you thoughts and feelings through out life.

I'm not saying you aren't an artist because you draw by looking at a picture, but artist can do more than what they see or what they make others see. Artist can make others feel their paintings. Feel the pain or happiness as someone who looks at a picture can't tell with their own words, because the picture was made for someone else's life and feelings.

Be inspired, believe in yourself and never give up.

Thank you

- K e n d a l l