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Original: Pen on Paper
Digital recreation
Words
This was the first piece of art that I ever signed and framed. It is one of my favorite compositions and will probably always be. I am writing this about 6 months after the initial creation and can still recall the feelings and thoughts I had during its creation. When I first sat down to put pen to paper, I was overcome with feelings of love and calmness that stemmed from being in my own art studio in a dream home in a dream town. I had spent about $100 to create a setup that I could finally get the ideas from my head, to paper. It was a simple setup, with simple medium and supplies; however, it was mine.
For the first time I felt like I had something original in my head that needed to come out. It was the first time that I actually stopped to dissect why I never considered myself an artist. Before this piece, I never had the confidence in my original ideas to think of myself an artist. I considered myself a designer and nothing more.
I thought that was my lane, but it wasn’t.
I realized that I actually did have my own original concepts and that I needed to share them. A mentor once said “design has to work, while art does not.” I truly felt that. With my business and operations background, my design always fulfilled a need- usually a business need. The need this time was nothing more than I was seeing shapes and concepts in my head, and they needed to come out.
My love for my home and art studio led my hand and pen strokes; but it was so much more than that. It was a love for The Bay Area and everything that comes with it. The Golden Gate Bridge, the access to nature, the laid back attitude of locals. Our home is perched in a beautifully green hillside just south of San Francisco proper. With views of San Francisco from most of our windows, the magic is always ready to enjoy.
For the first time I felt like I had something original in my head that needed to come out. It was the first time that I actually stopped to dissect why I never considered myself an artist. Before this piece, I never had the confidence in my original ideas to think of myself an artist. I considered myself a designer and nothing more.
I thought that was my lane, but it wasn’t.
I realized that I actually did have my own original concepts and that I needed to share them. A mentor once said “design has to work, while art does not.” I truly felt that. With my business and operations background, my design always fulfilled a need- usually a business need. The need this time was nothing more than I was seeing shapes and concepts in my head, and they needed to come out.
My love for my home and art studio led my hand and pen strokes; but it was so much more than that. It was a love for The Bay Area and everything that comes with it. The Golden Gate Bridge, the access to nature, the laid back attitude of locals. Our home is perched in a beautifully green hillside just south of San Francisco proper. With views of San Francisco from most of our windows, the magic is always ready to enjoy.
What was playing
the album Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves
