Latest / Lori 365'ish / Paint YOU

Transcript

Paint YOU · Lori 365'ish

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: Happy Sunday to you, everyone.
• 0:04
  I can finally make this post now that I know that the awards
• 0:08
  have been given out.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: I judged an exhibition while I was in Scottsdale,
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: and there was a piece that ended up getting,
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: I believe,
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: an honorable mention.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: that I noticed when I first walked in the very first day,
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: no names on the paintings and just,
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: it just stood out to me.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: And I can still remember that piece as well as all of the other pieces,
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: the first,
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: second,
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: third,
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: all the honorable mentions,
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: best pastel,
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: best water media.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: I remember all of them.
• 0:42
  But what I found interesting was once they finally put the
• 0:47
  names up on the pieces,
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: this person was in my workshop.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: And so I had to play very,
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 0:55
  innocent and coy the whole week while I was teaching because I
• 1:00
  knew that they were
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: going to get an award and be shocked by it.
• 1:03
  You know,
• 1:04
  people who are painting something that's not what you expect
• 1:09
  them to paint,
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: and doing it so well, it's always amazing.
• 1:15
  But I feel like this person was really passionate about what
• 1:22
  she ended up painting.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: I could see it in the painting itself.
• 1:26
  Sometimes,
• 1:27
  however,
• 1:29
  I've noticed that people are painting what they think will
• 1:33
  sell.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: And again, this is not the case of this person at all.
• 1:37
  It just made me start thinking about the people that I've seen
• 1:41
  recently who are...
• 1:44
  switching gears to try to be in a more marketable stance for
• 1:50
  making money.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I have to make a living.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: We all have to make a living.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: This is our full-time job.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: Sorry about that.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: That was the alarm I have set to remind me to do this.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you heard it or not, but at any rate.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm just going to keep going because this is all
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: supposed to be conversational anyway.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: I notice a lot of people who are sort of bridging this,
• 2:18
  taking this walk across this bridge to a place that I hope they
• 2:22
  feel passionate
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: about.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: I hope they enjoy painting those subjects and in that style.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: And it's just something they're exploring.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: And it's certainly not my place to judge.
• 2:32
  But I've often been made aware by galleries or collectors that
• 2:40
  I paint all over the board.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: And that's honest.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: I paint whatever I'm passionate about.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: If there is a horse or a cow or a bison in my painting,
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: it's because I stood there and witnessed that animal and enjoyed it.
• 2:57
  And if I paint pink clouds,
• 3:00
  it's because I saw those and I was struck by them.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: And if I paint blue mountains, it's because that's what I experienced.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: I am not selling out, I guess is what I'm trying to say.
• 3:15
  And I hope that the people whose work I see that seem to be
• 3:23
  chasing an idea
• 3:26
  It's something they want to chase inside and not just something
• 3:32
  they're doing for their career.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: Because that's going to get old really fast.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: And what's the satisfaction in that?
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: If I'm not learning and growing myself,
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: and painting something that's a challenge, it's just not worth it to me.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: All the money in the world is not worth it to me.
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_00: So I just want to leave you with that idea to paint what grabs you,
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: what you're passionate about,
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: what you really want to paint.
• 4:01
  And I think that buyers will see in the end that that's what
• 4:07
  they want to collect.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: Have a good day.