What I have realized is this... When you take too long of a break from your work, it's hard to get back into the groove. People say that taking a few years off of school and then coming back makes them work harder. They wait until they are ready and excited to go back, which leads them down a path with a higher success rate. I think the same goes for art, however I do believe you can wait too long. I have noticed myself playing with my paper and organizing my car part image library rather than actually sitting down to do the work. Right now, unfortunately I am unable to locate a paper large enough and archival enough for my work. Newsprint will not last long enough for my paintings to survive. It's too fragile and gets brittle with age. I am almost at a stand still right now. Where do I go from here?
As of right now, I am going to finish up organizing my image library and then just start doing work. I think I might use the suggestion of painting these parts on paper, cutting them out, then organizing them as a collage instead of painting them flat. This could give me better depth than what I have now.
It's really important to love what you are doing. If you don't, you get burned out and can't even force yourself to create that work. I stay in love with what I do by moving onto different projects that are suggested to me, knowing that they could be fun, but not something I would love. So I try, but in the back of my mind I'm always thinking about my huge paintings. Now with fresh eyes and stronger motivation, I will be able to do more than what I was thinking in the first place.
I'm having other problems at the moment.
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