ART & FEAR

"you know better than anyone else the accidental nature of much that appears in your art" - on the subject of doubting your own credentials.
I relate alot to this because I have alot of doubts of about my work mainly because my type of art, oil painting, is usually judged alot of precision and accuracy to the outside viewer. I get very self conscious of my work because unlike a sculpture or even other types of painting that is more abstract, outside viewers aren't judging their accuracy as much as a painter that is painting still life like I am. But I think its the confidence in your work that will produce a much better piece.

This next quote relates alot to the one before and the idea I was mentioning about being perfect, " Art is human; error is human, ergo, art is error. Inevitably, your work will be flawed." In my first finished painting in senior studio with the skull, I had originally wanted to paint a pattern on different pastel colors checkers. Once I was done with teh first line of orange and white, I got tired of the idea and instead of paitning over it, I found a skull in the art room and just started painting it. Now the orange plays very well with the royla blue background I think. It also has a certian Cinco de Mayo feel with the skull.

The last quote ties everything together for me I think in regards to my first two quotes. " The difference between acceptance and approval is suble, but distinct. Acceptance means having your work counted as the real thing; approval means having people like it". I think knowing the different between acceptence and approval is important because now I can feel comfortable being a little creative instead of accurate with my still life paintings.