I’ve decided to do an online art course with Nicholas Wilton, an artist based in California, called the “Creative visionary Programme.”
It’s a big step for me, I haven’t done an art course for 25 years and I’m so ready and excited to do this.
Lately I’d felt bit stuck in my painting practice, I was spending SO long on paintings and then , when they were almost finished I’d doubt my judgement and start changing things and before I knew it I’d be making a new painting over the top. I spent too long worrying whether my work looked inconsistent. I needed something to get me out of these bad habits.
I’d heard people who’d done the course talking about how their painting and life had changed in so many ways after doing the course, that sounded exciting. At first I’d listened , thinking,” it’s alright for some” but I can’t afford that, it’s way over my budget
But then the more I heard the more it felt like something I should do . My painting is important to me and I was going to have years of creating art ahead of me. I started to think about investing in myself and why I found that hard. I needed to trust that I’d make the money back in painting sales. I realised that if I wanted to move forward I needed to take a risk sometimes and stop keeping myself small and safe.
As the deadline approached I talked about it with my partner and he asked, would you do if you had the money ? and I said definitely - he said it sounds like you should do it ! Though he did also say, are you sure it isn’t some kind of cult?
