#16 -- Talk to artists

One of my favourite photos from the Florence Biennale in 2015 --

My friend the superb artist, Miranda Brouwers and I talking about art.

(One of the super things about

being in a large art exhibition is

meeting wonderful artists and talking

to them about what they do.)

Few things are more inspiring when an artist is in the

midst of working on creating a painting than talking

to other artists.  Ideas and methods, and information

about how to accomplish what you want, and where

to buy what you need -- other artists' work to look

up, courses -- it's endless.  And so fun -- the interactive

back and forth on what you're doing, how it's going,

how your friend in a completely different medium

is handling things.

Plus there's the bond -- who can imagine it -- between

people who are trying to do the same type of work.

Trying to figure out what they need to do to get

an image onto the canvas.  And artists often share

a similar sense of humour too -- a pleasure in a world

that sometimes doesn't get what art is, or that it's a

job on top of everything else.  

One of the best things I ever did as an artist was join

an art group that held regular model sessions, brought

in guest speakers and hosted regular exhibitions.

A great way to get into discussing art with artists.

Have a talking to artists day!