SOLD "Yellow Pansy"

Yellow Pansy

8x8 oil on canvas board

original

Kentee Suone Pasek

2009

Here is the second painting! It is Yellow Pansy. This one due to the Yellow color has several layers of yellow and white on it. The flower was so much fun to paint. I can still hear the sounds of the kids in the yard playing as I painted this.

SOLD "Red Pansy"

SOLD

8x8 on Board

Kentee Suone Pasek 2009

I am starting painting one oil painting a day. I went outside to our back porch and began to paint. I will start with a series of pansy flowers. This one is the first one finished for my series. It is the "Red Pansy" and I love the colors and depth in this painting. It has a great little monkey face.

White African Iris on E-Bay now!

The White African Iris is now availabe on E-bay as a 6x6" giclee limited edition print. This is the first item I am selling and it is hand painted over the top of the giclee. It is on canvas and hand pulled by myself. This is a fantastic print.

Sunflower's Fire

This is the new image of the Sunflower's Fire. I painted the background black and it does wonders for this painting.

This one is now finished and I am adding it to my collection. It has the light and dark pulling for it. It will go into my one person show over Easter.

I named this image the Sunflower's Fire because it was painted off of a sunflower but my daughter asked me if it was like the sun and the sun was made of fire. That is how it was named.

What makes a good artist?

It seems as if an artist has to be a jack of all trades and a master of them all!

First of all the artist has to be a good artist. Being a good artist is so subjective but there are some common threads no matter what the art. There has to be vi son, technical discipline, ability to paint, draw, sculpt, see and do. There has to be time in the studio to create. There has to be a voice and a direction to be a great artist. There have to be items which put together show nicely and are fluid.

Not only is the actual doing and creating is important but the ability to sell the work needs to be a part of it as well. In today's world the portfolio of an artist is important for galleries but the slides are more important for shows. Picking what shows and what galleries can take up a lot of time but the right shows and the right galleries can make all of the difference in the world.

Then there is the mastering of the Internet; web-sites, e-commerce stores, blogs and connection to the Internet is important. Finding good links onto your sites and then making sure your site is as professional as possible with the best digital photographs of work is so important. The descriptions, prices and substance just as important as the work itself. The ability to sell work with the best photo and description like magazines.

Then there are the office items; bills, finance, applications, bibliography, bios, brochures, business cards, post cards, taxes, numbers to crunch and paper to push. This time is huge and eats up quite nicely into the studio time.

How about the actual shows; booth, lighting, display, hanging of work, and the man power to move all of the work. Then the trailer to store and drive it to the location also needs to take place.

I just read about a book on publicity for your work. That is a whole can of worms and new ideas and new press releases to write. This is important. It is all important it is just how to prioritize

It takes a lot to be an artist. It takes focus. What do you think?