Re the 'staying in your own lane' thing.....I remember in college taking every single art class they offered and while trying to do it all.....there were definitely some mediums I enjoyed or felt an intuitive love for than others.....I loved assemblage back then and eventually that became my main medium to this day........collage, clay, portraits in charcoal were also ones I was drawn to (pun intended) and there were others I didn't 'like' or gave much talent to....painting, carving, photography, measured drawing/perspective...anything involving 'math'........yet, I can be attracted to the areas of art I, myself won't do by artists who's intuitive touch resonates with me.....then I think 'man, I wish I could paint/draw/sculpt/photograph like that.' I chose Assemblage as my main medium because a) I'm in love with mixed media and b) I'm really good at it (not necessarily a brag but have been told by others and I believe it myself). I love when I can go to a museum, gallery, someone's studio and get emotional over a piece of art that resonance with me. Doesn't happen often but when it happens....it's an amazing and profound feeling that I won't let go of.
Re the 'staying in your own lane' thing.....I remember in college taking every single art class they offered and while trying to do it all.....there were definitely some mediums I enjoyed or felt an intuitive love for than others.....I loved assemblage back then and eventually that became my main medium to this day........collage, clay, portraits in charcoal were also ones I was drawn to (pun intended) and there were others I didn't 'like' or gave much talent to....painting, carving, photography, measured drawing/perspective...anything involving 'math'........yet, I can be attracted to the areas of art I, myself won't do by artists who's intuitive touch resonates with me.....then I think 'man, I wish I could paint/draw/sculpt/photograph like that.' I chose Assemblage as my main medium because a) I'm in love with mixed media and b) I'm really good at it (not necessarily a brag but have been told by others and I believe it myself). I love when I can go to a museum, gallery, someone's studio and get emotional over a piece of art that resonance with me. Doesn't happen often but when it happens....it's an amazing and profound feeling that I won't let go of.
Dang Annette you are making me emotional here. Well spoken!
Thanks Cecil.......it's your writings that inspire my own thoughts as I can relate to what you are saying.