I am the best kind of exhausted. Over this week I have learned a brand new media, been completely uncomfortable trying something new, and spent time with only strangers (who I would now call artist friends). I opened my website and artwork up for critique to two artists who I highly respect and look forward to using their feedback to better myself and my visual presence. I am inspired and motivated to get home and get to business (after lots of family snuggles, of course). If only I could bring the inn cooks and view home with me!
The catalyst for this trip was to to reignite my spark for creating. I communicate through art and had lost my visual language. This week reminded me how to speak that language in old and new ways. Being able to monoprint with wax - painting on a surface and transferring the image onto paper - is bringing my past practice into a new practice. I pulled dozens of sheets over the past few days in preparation for my next work. Stay tuned..
Tomorrow morning is for finishing up our works, a group critique, and fond farewells. In a lot of ways, this week is the beginning of the next adventure.