Gwen Fox's Blog: Where creativity unites with success

PAINTING SURFACE

I have been working on a new painting surface lately which is quite exciting. We as artists usually work on canvas or paper.  Sometimes this limits our thinking.   I normally do Abstracts on canvas so I decided to do pears on Metal.  Why?….just because I can! Choosing a different surface on which to paint [...]

WHO JUDGES YOUR WORK?

As artists our paintings  and our ability to paint are always being judged. We submit paintings to shows for a professional artist, art critic, or professor of art to decide if our work is good enough to be selected. Our peers judge our work…we know by their “look”. Our family members rarely remain silent with [...]

HOW TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AS AN ARTIST

BELIEF IN SELF.…three words filled with intense emotion.  Do you believe in yourself as an artist?  If you believe in yourself you can do anything……sounds simple doesn’t it!  How do you do this? Where do you start? As a teacher I watch this lack of belief in every workshop.  Students that are accomplished, students who [...]

NEW YEAR…NEW LIFE

The is the start of a brand new year. Fresh, no baggage, clean, free of any mistakes and ready for you to decide this will be your best year yet.  New Year.. New Life. Just how do you do this? By deciding to be what you have always dreamed. Yes, actually “be that person….fulfill that [...]

INVISIBLE WOMAN #2

My last blog was about women feeling invisible. The response was touching and very informative.  Many emails  saying they thought they were the only one to feel this way.  As one woman said “it is wonderful to feel I am not the only one and that I have company”. Here is what I think about [...]

INVISIBLE WOMAN

I was talking to my friend the other day  about the feeling of “being invisible”.  When I mentioned to my son I sometimes feel invisible he thought the idea was ridiculous. Many years ago a fellow artist friend who was twenty years older said that  one day I would walk into a room with my [...]

TAOS, NEW MEXICO

It has been a long time since I have blogged. Several thing have happened that I would like to share with you. First, during a regular walk with my dog Emma I tripped over a small tree trunk.  Tripping while going down hill isn’t recommended.  Not able to recover my balance I slid down hill [...]

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