To have an Art Gallery is my lifelong dream
NelleArt Gallery, that was so ordinary to hear, no special coined word, no pun, nothing fancy. I just like to start now, I don’t have to overthink anymore. It has been my aspiration since I realized I can paint.
I gave up on it for a time, life had been so demanding. I have no time to imagine, to say the least.
But life also taught me that dreams are made to be realized.
I have to believe that someday this will be a reality. A dream where I can just sit all day and paint without worries brought upon by life.
And this is why I included this section on my website.
It took me so long to realize what I have to focus on, I have been starting over so many times that sometimes I feel shame, no less. I think this is because I wanted to perfect it. And we all know it, life is not ever going to be perfect.
This is me breaking my bondage with perfection.
This is me taking one of the many steps I can make things happen as I imagine it.
Life’s too short to just spend it with regrets. So here, I’m diving in. Virtually.
Art should be hanged in a Gallery
Art is my way of expressing my emotions. I am a child with a wandering mind. I would just sit by the window sill and look at the moving clouds and my day is already made. Because of this, just like a library of books, I imagined myself having my own Art Gallery
My creativity and my deep-seated memories can be very well seen in it.
I always take my time though; I’m not procrastinating it’s just how it is. I’m not rushing myself when it comes to this craft. When I feel compelled to draw, then I cannot stop myself. I draw in my mind even; it just calls me, and it is not something to wait when it happens.
Whenever I paint, I am just oblivious to anything else around me, and that makes me fail to remember while lost in my craft. I want to at least be able to look back at that exact time and day, because every artwork is made differently.
A Mistake I’m going to stop doing
With all the realizations I had in the past, I am now bent to create and document.
To keep my art creations documented, is not easy because … artists would know that it kills the moment.
But I never bothered to document.
To remember and be remembered
That was a shame. Because after “life happened’ to me, I became lost when I wanted to get back on it.
I remembered one time, I was asking myself, what am I here for?
And all I see is me painting.
Do you hear me convincing myself here? YES it was like that
art is too important not to share.
– Romero Britto
To document everything I do now, admittedly, is because I’m finding it hard to
Now that I am open to documenting, then it is only inevitable that soon I will choose to share it. Art is so beautiful not to share, really. Since art is differently viewed by every individual, this is actually a wonderful idea.
In the past, I have a lot of sketches that I was not able to save. I either had it done on a napkin while eating at a fast food waiting for my companions, or while I was just sitting by a bus window while stuck on a traffic, or just gazing on nothing. There were times I would even draw with my fingers on air or water. I guess you can call me spontaneous artist. The years I’ve lost what I’ve made by leaving them where I’ve drawn a piece without pictures taken at times (since camera phone isn’t yet a thing way back), or I have given it to some random stranger or a person who doesn’t really make any value of my work.
This is now my way to make every creation matter.
Writing while at it
What I see is not exactly what another would view it. I know, because even for me, I have different views of my craft every time I look at it. I usually paint depending on the mood, the environment and the what position I look at it -a perspective, per se.
This is another reason for me to make sure that my work will be shared. To help me understand my art in another perspective.
Recently, I have discovered another fun way to share – blogging.
Blogging while posting my work. I want to remember why I made it, what is my motivation behind it, what was my situation at that time and what materials I have used.
Making it easy to Process
And I must say, this will not be a very easy task because spontaneity doesn’t work this way, and I have to figure out how all these plans of documenting will not get in its way.
I’m just grateful, I have now found a way to remind me of everything I am being an artist.
You are welcome to accompany me here. Thank you for your time.
Lately, I am also trying to post it on social media, so here are some links to show you where else I share my work in Pinterest.
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“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper