Comments on: Interested or Interesting

By: Valerie Samuel Henderson

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:18:50 +0000

I like the way this poses a provocative question. This is the part that grabs our interest. It made me feel engaged. It made me think about how I would answer the question. I had to step back and say,”How do I want to look at this?” and “What is my point of view”.

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By: Jana Botkin

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:33:17 +0000

In reply to John.

Well put, John! If you plan to earn a living at art, it had better be interesting to the potential buyer. And, you’d better be interested in the subject matter. As I tell my drawing students to the point of them quoting it with me, “Pick something you love because you’ll be staring at it for a lonnnnnng time.”

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By: Kathleen Probst

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000

Be interested in your process, your practice, your exploration of life through art.
Do not try to please an audience. Listen to your muse not to your critics.

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By: Rona Green

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:14 +0000

Thanks for featuring my work Alyson!
I think Julia has a good point.

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By: Jackie Garner

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:43 +0000

Both. Art is about communicating what the artist has seen and felt – if they’re not interested then the art won’t be interesting. But if the artist isn’t striving to make interesting work the chances are they won’t be interested in it either.

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By: Jill Rosoff

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:25 +0000

I like using the work curious. Covers both the giver (artist) and the receiver (art lover).

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By: John

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:44:53 +0000

I know what she means…but to sell art I think both must be true. You first need to be interested in a subject enough to paint it, however that’s not enough. If your work isn’t “designed” and edited in a way to emphasize and communicate whatever aspect of your subject that initially caught your eye, then it will not interest someone else enough to buy it. Be interested in life, then actively and consciously create an interesting design.

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By: Brenda Neal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:10 +0000

I believe that Passion is what really impacts on your art. It is about projecting feeling and life in to your art. This is what truly brings art alive and will make people stop and think about it…..

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By: Maureen

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:35:42 +0000

In order for a person to be interested in your art ~ it has to be interesting.

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By: Gwenn

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:23:20 +0000

It sounds a bit like Betty Crocker’s Hints For The Homemaker from 1961:
“Have a hobby. Garden, paint pictures, look through magazines for home planning ideas, read a good book, or attend club meetings. Be interested—and you’ll always be interesting.”

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