Most people who do not create full time or who might have full time jobs working in fields other then artistic endeavors probably would think that this statement of course would be easy to state since artist do what they want to do.
I say this because it is true but what is not understood by non artist is that you are not always creating or doing "what you want to do." Many times just as it is in "regular jobs" you do what you have to do to get the job done.
My 30 Paintings/30 Days series may have taken only 30 days to create, there was a lot of framing involved after the fact that I only now just completed. Do I want to be framing as much as I did for this series, no. Did I need to in order to compliment the piece and show it off in the best way possible for them to sell, yes.
There is always the promoting end of your work as well. This can take far more time then you or anyone could have imagined. I never realized how much is involved until needing to do it. In a standard day job is this necessary, depending on the job but thinking about the last day job I had it was not needed. I have never had to work as much at any job as I doing being an artist. It is the hardest thing I have ever done because it is all up to me. But I have only recently come to realize that that can be a relief. Things are in my control and I know that not only am I the creator of my work, I am the creator of my life.
I choose the creativeness of being an artist. What would you choose???
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