Art by Dawn Marie Black: Goals for the new year, and a viewing of pieces in private collections

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Goals for the new year, and a viewing of pieces in private collections

I am not generally a writer when it comes to my art, I feel it is much more important for people to view the pieces and let them speak for themselves. Today though it seems a good time to start with goals for the up coming year, not resolutions as those are too easily broken.
I have only begun to paint and create again, so I have not done to many new pieces and have not developed a clear direction up to this point. This decision will not work any longer, I must have a clear objective. From my readings on the expectations of galleries it seems that many artists produce at the very least 2 - 3 pieces of work a week. My goal this year is to increase my productivity to 1 - 2 pieces a week. This goal may be small in comparison, but it is larger than I have accomplished in previous years.
I have four pieces of art that are laying in my make shift studio, waiting to be finished. I do plan to complete two of them this weekend, and of course I will capture them in photographs and post them here.
I have three different collections that I would like to build this year. One of these would be my abstracts with nature objects and bright colors, I enjoy these pieces very much. The second group will be my adventure series which will include an Ice Climber, Mountain biker, and White water rafter, etc. The third group will be the desert flowers and cactus, these do not share any one medium but only the subject matter. I'm open to other portfolio ideas if anyone chooses to leave a comment. For now I will leave you with some pieces that are in private collections, have a great new year.