Painting Contest Entries

all of these paintings are awesome! nice work everyone and it's amazing to see the band pay so much attention to everyones work, cool beans!

Congratulations Kilgore! And many congrats to the other people who entered, it's so wonderful to see everyone's creative process. Even if folks didn't win, I'd still like to see the other work that folks haven't put up here!

spoken is that your entry that was in the magazine there on your profile pic ? excellent work! the cliffs remind me of the 'kilt rock' on North Skye ? love the figure.

heres what I sent in,

'Breakerfall'. My & my daughter, personal stuff.


'You are', self explanatory, works on a few levels for me. KaboooM!


'Given to Fly' , similar themes in painting I've started today....

I found the board really hard to work on, but always fun to try something new.

now then, everyone else please! inspire us !

How does one find out if they recieved your entry? I didn't recieve the latest issue of Deep because my membership expired,...wondering if mine even made to the Ten Club offices,...i just put so much effort and time into it,...i'm pretty bummed,...my name is Juan Pablo Sanchez,...i quit my job for art,...i thought art was my meaning,...not so sure now,...wish i could take it back,...i really like my 3 paintings,...i binded them into a notebook looking package with abstract expressionistic art inside,...

creamjeans wrote:

How does one find out if they recieved your entry? I didn't recieve the latest issue of Deep because my membership expired,...wondering if mine even made to the Ten Club offices,...i just put so much effort and time into it,...i'm pretty bummed,...my name is Juan Pablo Sanchez,...i quit my job for art,...i thought art was my meaning,...not so sure now,...wish i could take it back,...i really like my 3 paintings,...i binded them into a notebook looking package with abstract expressionistic art inside,...

Have you tried emailing staff?
Can we see your entries?

I know how you feel, I get that all or nothing feeling too. Didn't win and another awesome painting got Eddie saying it was gorgeous work unprompted, while mine just got a great, like a pat on the back for a nice try, makes me question if I'm good enough. You just gotta keep in mind everyone has different taste. You can't make everyone adore your work.

BUt they are fantastic paintings !

This thread has gone all the wrong way for me! art is not for applause, art simply is itself, a creative person will always feel pain, be sensitive, BUT the act of creating is its own reward, arrgH! I don't know what to say to further not hurt peoples feelings, I love to share, to see other peoples work, its not about good or bad, about judgment or prizes, its an expression, communication, getting something inside outside it is what it is... Enid Blyton used rejection letters as wallpaper, I use them as sticks to spur me on, I am pleased if an editor takes time to write a rejection letter, it means the work is worth their time ripping to shreds, how can what you do be good or bad ? it is just what you do, take comments & filter them to your own use but never ever stop. never be afraid to create, or to share.

I usually enter competitions as its a chance to do something difficult or unusual, to keep one step ahead of the comfort zone. I entered this one to say thanks for what the music gives me. I read somewhere that Pearl Jam keep everything fans send, to me that was awesome enough, 20 years & thousands and thousands of stories, or snapshots, moments colours feelings & love all poured out into one place, what an incredible archive, all of us pieces in some wonderful positive jigsaw, a creative jigsaw made with heart & mind & love. Everyone who sent something in is part of that picture now.

right thats my Matriachal motivational speeching over, I'm off to paint, I'd love to see some more of yours people.

yay!

don't get me wrong I hate everything I do, but thats another driver 'must do better', & I find myself dragged off by what other people think I should do...urg, painting by numbers chocolate box scenes & pet portraits, tis hard to find your own path.

I am slow on uptake for comic idea, trying to find funny story thread amid all the heartfelt floaty imagery that comes to mind..

back to paintings, I wonder what percentage featured the sea !?? & how many tubes of delicious blues & turquoises were used ?

Hi Trout..

have done Tonnes of other media! Its a long story & I don't want to hog the thread... but I do a bit of everything, whatever turns a coin, I have to, from giant recycled sculptures with children to digital colouring to graphic design to landscape paintings, etc etc. I used to run a pottery, painting is a new thing, my frustration is painting to other peoples demands/expectations rather than the media itself. I wish I could just do my own thing, but I gotta eat. I wish I'd stuck with comics & fantasy stuff before college 20 years ago, but they hammered it out of me, now full and a very very long circle I'm back, albeit in a crude & clumsy way.

I find it surreal talking art to someone so far far away ! how cool ! how much does our environments influence us ? here in the mountains...a lot!

Sorry to hear about your frustrations Flutter-Girl, not being able to do things that once came easy sucks. could you put those frustrations & feelings into a comic strip? photos even instead of drawings or stick figures, sometimes less is more & its good to get things out there.