Being inspired by others is a wonderful gift to receive.
It was my pleasure to be invited to Art Basel Miami by my artist friend Tatiana Cast (www.TatianaCast.com). She was excited yesterday to show me one of her favorite venues; Aqua show in Miami Beach. What a fabulous, intimate show in the Aqua hotel on Collins Avenue, and the works were sensational and inspirational!
View of Collins Ave Art Deco hotels from the Aqua Hotel 2nd floor open-air patio.
At Aqua, I saw the work of Dawn Southworth, through Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA (www.RicePolakGallery.com), who had many personal sketches adhered to an ironing cloth or collaged onto tar-paper. Here are my 2 favorites from the Aqua show...
The rawness and personalness of these images inspired me to get back to drawing today simply for the enjoyment of it, grabbing a few minutes to sketch over morning coffee. Wow, just that simple act has rekindled in me an imagery I have enjoyed painting in the past (hair-on-fire people) and this tinkering allowed me to discover, through a happy accident, creating the spider like squiggles you see in my sketches below.
Oh, the serendipity! Personal experiences such as this today have many times so plainly demonstrated the brilliance behind Picasso's quote, "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working!" Just through small consistent action, we can stoke the creative fire. What are you drawing, painting, photographing, or writing today?
Here are more of the Aqua show artworks that I really enjoyed...
Alejandro Salazar, California, www.Gallery-300.com
This image is carved out of a freakin' telephone book!!!
Alex Queral, www.ProjectsGallery.com
Derek Gores, Florida, www.ThinkSpaceGallery.com
Fred Tieken, Arizona, www.PerihelionArts.com
Happy Arting! :D Tristina
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