Forget about exhibitions and juries, try these five ways to grow as an artist
From Jerry Fresia, for About.com
"I... must stick to my principles, our principles, which were, no jury, no medals, no awards.... Liberty is the first good in this world and to escape the tyranny of a jury is worth fighting for, surely no profession is so enslaved as ours." Mary Cassatt
"Think less of the success of the by-product and you will have more success with it. Keep living." Robert Henri
So how would a Cassatt or a Henri or Picasso approach painting differently than we do today? How might this heartfelt fear of others controlling our painting process impact our self-understanding as artists? Here are five possible answers:
1. Making a successful picture is not the goal.2. The painting process is always a beginning.
3. Ignore non-artist authorities.
4. Get into a prolonged creative process.
5. Furnish the world with your beauty, let the world see, touch and feel who you are.
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