Comments on: 7 Steps to Developing Your Artistic Style https://dy-online.com/findstyle/ Trusted Art Business Coaching and Consulting Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Brooke Harker https://dy-online.com/findstyle/#comment-71679 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:04:58 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=5706#comment-71679 Roberta. I used to feel this way...although on the other side of having a recognizable style and the benefits of that...I get it...it doesn't mean that I don't have the ability to paint in other styles...I just understand the limitations of many viewers...It's not totally about us as artists...it's about the experience of the viewer to recognize artwork...and I say this in a world where a lot of people have facial recognition issues...if the average person has trouble remembering people's names and faces...how can they remember art? If they see something they like...they want to see more of that...Often people don't feel smart when they look at art--if they can recognize an artist...I'm guessing that does something for them. Even myself--when I fall in love with a particular work of an artist...and discover that there is nothing similar in their collection...I feel disappointed...cause there is likely no chance I can dream of purchasing something similar...because there isn't anymore in that style. I'm unlikely to refer them to others or galleries because galleries generally want to market something that is dependable...and I do refer other artists a lot Creativity is always about you---what people want is always about them...we can be disappointed by this...however I bet most of us wouldn't buy something we didn't want just because someone else was being creative...unless it was for charity...]]> In reply to Roberta.

I used to feel this way…although on the other side of having a recognizable style and the benefits of that…I get it…it doesn’t mean that I don’t have the ability to paint in other styles…I just understand the limitations of many viewers…It’s not totally about us as artists…it’s about the experience of the viewer to recognize artwork…and I say this in a world where a lot of people have facial recognition issues…if the average person has trouble remembering people’s names and faces…how can they remember art? If they see something they like…they want to see more of that…Often people don’t feel smart when they look at art–if they can recognize an artist…I’m guessing that does something for them.

Even myself–when I fall in love with a particular work of an artist…and discover that there is nothing similar in their collection…I feel disappointed…cause there is likely no chance I can dream of purchasing something similar…because there isn’t anymore in that style.

I’m unlikely to refer them to others or galleries because galleries generally want to market something that is dependable…and I do refer other artists a lot

Creativity is always about you—what people want is always about them…we can be disappointed by this…however I bet most of us wouldn’t buy something we didn’t want just because someone else was being creative…unless it was for charity…

]]> By: Brooke Harker https://dy-online.com/findstyle/#comment-71678 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:49:16 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=5706#comment-71678 Dora Ficher. I think your work has been recognizable for awhile...although maybe I missed some of the earlier ones]]> In reply to Dora Ficher.

I think your work has been recognizable for awhile…although maybe I missed some of the earlier ones

]]> By: Brooke Harker https://dy-online.com/findstyle/#comment-71677 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:47:04 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=5706#comment-71677 linda. Linda--I also felt that way before--so I refused to have 1 style until it happened on it's own..I used to paint 9 different series in different styles at a time...so atleast the work could show cohesively...then one day the styles got married--Alyson is right when she says it comes from doing a lot of work...it's a natural process verses forcing oneself to only paint in a certain way....When you find a style that feels like you--you will likely feel you are expanding verses being limited...you will want to create in your way...other people recognizing your work is the bi-product of the goal...not the goal...if that makes sense...]]> In reply to linda.

Linda–I also felt that way before–so I refused to have 1 style until it happened on it’s own..I used to paint 9 different series in different styles at a time…so atleast the work could show cohesively…then one day the styles got married–Alyson is right when she says it comes from doing a lot of work…it’s a natural process verses forcing oneself to only paint in a certain way….When you find a style that feels like you–you will likely feel you are expanding verses being limited…you will want to create in your way…other people recognizing your work is the bi-product of the goal…not the goal…if that makes sense…

]]> By: Linda Hugues https://dy-online.com/findstyle/#comment-71620 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:07:33 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=5706#comment-71620 Great article, Alyson. I’ve noticed that when I do an art festival it is way to see my work as a whole and at a distance. I often get a new perspective on the image my work is projecting and where I want to go from there. Plus I can pay attention to the reactions of the attendees to hear how they perceive my work. It’s always eye opening.

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