Artists have to dogged in their determination to reach their goal, be it mastering a new medium or selling a painting that has taken ages to reach fruition. As described in the book “Think like an artist” by Will Gompertz, Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, wrote of his thousands of experiments that led to his Light bulb moment, “I have not failed 10.000 times, I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10.000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work I will find the way that will work.
Creativity is an iterative process of refining until you get to the point you wish to. That lovely moment when you see that you have painted what had been in your minds eye, or that your painting is finally finished, is worth all the effort along the way.
This painting of an elaborate chandelier of a Hibiscus flower will be in the Surrey Hills Exhibition at Denbies Vineyard October 16th-29th.
Pauline Allbeury 