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That tricky old creative journey

  • October 20, 2019/
  • Posted By : Susan/
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  • Under : Abstraction, Acrylics, acrylics, art, Art therapy, artist, Creative Coaching, intuitive, knaap, Mixed Media, Painting, susan knaap, Tips & Tricks

Onwards & Upwards, Mixed Media, 30 x 30 inches, stretched canvas

Sometimes I just wish I could get to where I want to be… that promised land where I feel like I’ve ‘arrived’ as an artist. It’s easy to be persuaded that it’s just a painting away, another teacher away, another technique away. But the truth is that the creative journey isn’t some straight forward ascent to a final destination. It’s a series of steps, missteps, circles, cycles, disasters and successes. I can leave the studio feeling like I’ve cracked it one day, only to go back in the next morning and think, ‘What the hell?’.

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A new painting and the bumpy creative road

  • April 11, 2017/
  • Posted By : Susan/
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  • Under : Abstraction, Acrylics, Creative Coaching, Oils, Painting

Crikey… It’s been a while since I last posted! Such is life when you work full-time and have to fit in your painting practice in between that and everything else!

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