Its been a long time since I posted something.
And the simple reason is life and time that seems to go faster and less of it ( probably not but it feels like that ) .
I rarely visit DeviantArt these day's. And when i do its most of the time a quick visit. To post my latest painting, even stock searching is become a rare 'event' . Even creating a manipulation is become a rarity
But in case someone needs to find me urgently, and not have to wait till I respond a note here on DeviantArt. I added the social media buttons i'm on. Not that i'm very active there but you have more chance to catch me there.
My Facebook page is the fastest way to get an answer back, because my husband gets a message to when a message is posted.
I'm not really glued on my smartphone, and my husband has to use his phone a lot, so, if a message comes through, he tells me to check my phone. That way i usually am a lot faster to respond then when you contact me here.
So i case someone really really needs to ask something urgent, important, try the facebookpage thingie. Facebook is just the extension of deviantart.
On instagram you can see more the proces of my paintings, and more personal stuff. but not in a huge content, i'm not so into that networking stuff..
twitter i use rarely, I like long writings and 140 letters is for me a bit to short , but I try once in awhile.
Well...
It seems I'm really really out of this deviantArt thingie, can you believe it took me 15 minutes to figure out how to make a journal. On the other side i'm actually a bit happy about that because of the lack of time to respond to anyone who comment on this. Its 14 years since i joined DeviantArt and i have that 'newbie' feel again.
( Ps for everyone who wished me a happy birthday, Thank you for remembering my birthday and take the time to wish me a happy birthday, so sweet of you ).
Painting is something i still do, still at the artsacademie since 11 years and in a paintgroup since 2 years. So still creative.
The only thing is because I'm also low profile there, and only exhibition with these 2 ' groups' And in a rare occasion an ' exposition' in a restaurant for 2 month's ( next is planned in 2021 ) or I participate in a few 'Place du Tertre ' events.
I get more and more the question and request to do an exhibition with only my paintings, and the request when i plan on doing one they want an invitation...
And the reason, they want to buy my paintings and they hope that when I do an exhibition I finally will surrender and sell .
Its become so, that i set prices on my paintings that are way to high, and yet after each event, I have to put the prize higher because i'm afraid that one day, one will actually paid that ridiculous price, and tah i have no other option then let the painting go. ( I refuse so hard to sell, that i have set one painting called -this is war- on 15 .000 euro because someone wanted to pay 9000 for it instead of the 10000 'no-one will pay that prize', that is put on it I guess that person wants it really really because this year he asked again if I still refuse to sell it .
People say I'm crazy to not accepted that offer.
its a dilemma in fact, yes the money would of course be great and we could use it, but still its one of my baby's.
And i've heard from other artists that when they sell, they start to lose their "art soul" a bit and start more and more to do what their clients will and not wat their soul wants..
But another reason why I don't sell, is because I feel Its yet not good enough, I'm still learning, still figuring out techniques, etc. I can't sell or even give away a painting that is not perfect in my own eyes.
And so My Answer Is always the same, "the day that i can paint like Da Vinci in my own style, then i will sell"..
Thing is that will never happen , but it keeps me to improve, to learn and eventually like my own paintings when its finished.
I will not paint paintings that are pretty to look at, i will not paint paintings that are popular. I hope i keep painting paintings that show what is bothering me, what is hidden in my soul. And i hope the muses will keep giving me inspiration to do so
Ok .. so i 'm stupid and crazy , And now i will be back in 'hiding' modus for months i think, I won't promise to be more active, the past learned me that its even worse in not getting back.
To my watchers, people who take time to comment, fave my art.. Thank you, thank you for appreciating my art.