Too Much Art

Water Tower in the Mist- digital collage

Is it possible to have too much art? As artists we keep making art no matter what is going on in our lives. We end up saving everything too. Just in case it is worth saving.

I have been painting now since 1976. It was the year my daughter was born and I was living in Key West, Florida at the time. I met a wonderful artist named Eileen Seitz. She encouraged me to start drawing and painting. Before I knew it I was selling some of my sketches to a newspaper called Solaris Hill. I was hooked. I still have some of my artwork from back then.

Needless to say, it is all piling up. The sketchbooks, the gel plate prints, the collages on panels (very bulky to say the least) , the watercolors (both matted and unmatted) , and the fabric collages. Not to mention the art supplies needed to keep all this artwork going! The inks, the acrylics, the multiple gel plates, the gouaches, and on and on.

My new condo is a one bedroom. This means that I will not have a studio. I know. How will I manage? But the truth is, I have not always had a studio. I will keep my desk which will work for watercolors as well as my digital work along with my Wacom drawing tablet. My dining table is rather large so if I have a large project I can work on it there. I will just have to be sure and put down plastic and clean up afterwards.

My overwhelming need to get back home has been so powerful that I was willing to give up my studio space.

That is a lot. I am ready to go home.