tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post7903789259887487300..comments2024-03-20T12:56:39.078-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Crafty Crone: Commissions and The processjafabrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-10127314825848270672008-11-30T09:07:00.000-08:002008-11-30T09:07:00.000-08:00"I am wondering if since I paint for a living and ..."I am wondering if since I paint for a living and look forward to commissions, that I am not considered a true artist by all these responses." <BR/><BR/>I don't think so thorngren, you enjoy them and that is the crux of it. You have to enjoy what you do as an artist. I don't think it is about selling or not, but what motivates us as artists and if we enjoy it. Many love the challenge and the joyjafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-6218460945550809432008-11-30T08:33:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:33:00.000-08:00I am wondering if since I paint for a living and l...I am wondering if since I paint for a living and look forward to commissions, that I am not considered a true artist by all these responses. It disturbs me that artists get so wrapped up in calling themselves artists. If you are then you are whether you sell or not.Thorngrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050411868199870329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-53903381326542826632008-11-28T09:54:00.000-08:002008-11-28T09:54:00.000-08:00Great post!It adds a little perspective - it also ...Great post!<BR/>It adds a little perspective - it also makes me realize that there are some commissions I would like and others I don't. I universally said no until someone approached me with something I love to do anyway. Then I said I would look at it. It actually felt OK! Occasionally there are all the right reasons! <BR/><BR/>I am positing your list to the wall in case I start to forget againMichelle B. Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500918089801585939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-81999424833642503822008-11-25T17:22:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:22:00.000-08:00I will keep you in mind ann if anyone is in need o...I will keep you in mind ann if anyone is in need of commissioned work :) I am always happy to refer people.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-46393422721563775112008-11-25T17:19:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:19:00.000-08:00Right on, woman! It's good to see someone stand u...Right on, woman! It's good to see someone stand up for what they do, and how they do it. <BR/><BR/>...I, on the other hand, am eminently for sale, and would be thrilled to get a commission, lol. But I totally get what you're saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-74351505179266423782008-11-25T11:59:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:59:00.000-08:00yes i feel the same way. your thoughts are well-pu...yes i feel the same way. your thoughts are well-put!sarahelizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594594737530793053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-41739934240550646012008-11-25T07:40:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:40:00.000-08:00hiay lola, the dark haired lady is my daughter :)w...hiay lola, the dark haired lady is my daughter :)<BR/><BR/>wj. I can see the joy in what you do :)<BR/><BR/>thanks for dropping by top bird.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-5178481851708557512008-11-25T07:27:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:27:00.000-08:00very nice words. i also love the painting with th...very nice words. i also love the painting with the dark haired lady, it is beautiful. 8)Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846085871921335927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-53198684397734257382008-11-24T20:35:00.000-08:002008-11-24T20:35:00.000-08:00Doing a commission is the most stressful thing I c...Doing a commission is the most stressful thing I can think of doing as an artist. Your list names all the reasons why too! Great post!Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021074096150689759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-21491285965453942592008-11-24T17:53:00.000-08:002008-11-24T17:53:00.000-08:00Hey, JB, I loved reading your post, and all the re...Hey, JB, I <B>loved</B> reading your post, and all the responses!<BR/><BR/>My art is my livelihood, and, of course I sell it for money -- but I never <I>create</I> it for money. The need to create was burning away inside long before money came into the equation.<BR/><BR/>Being a digital artist, I'm not above shifting a piece to "more blue" if the buyer wants that -- but only if I know "more blueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457488269196625188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-49962683263371820692008-11-24T10:31:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:31:00.000-08:00You had to try it though cynthia, and now you can ...You had to try it though cynthia, and now you can concentrate on other avenues.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-10547518884547675392008-11-24T09:40:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:40:00.000-08:00I love this post and I hate special orders!I'm abo...I love this post and I hate special orders!<BR/><BR/>I'm about ready to cancel a wholesale order for pottery because it feels like homework and has sapped all the fun out of playing with clay for me. I will also be canceling my association with the wholesale site and have taken my work down. It sounded like a good idea at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-66536301634032250782008-11-24T08:27:00.000-08:002008-11-24T08:27:00.000-08:00Insightful post into your creative process - fasci...Insightful post into your creative process - fascinating! xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-86555740188766331162008-11-24T08:07:00.000-08:002008-11-24T08:07:00.000-08:00Judith I think that is wonderful that you have fou...Judith I think that is wonderful that you have found or chosen commissions that feed your soul and pay. I suppose that isn't too different from getting a grant for an art project. I don't mind getting a grant if it means I have total free reign.<BR/><BR/>How cool you did a mural in the dc zoo. I have to go and see a pic of it, do you have it on your blog?jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-43737379143110823182008-11-24T08:01:00.000-08:002008-11-24T08:01:00.000-08:00yes, Yes YES! In order to "stay in business" and b...yes, Yes YES! In order to "stay in business" and buy those supplies that make creating our art possible, we sometimes end up doing pieces or projects that can create a log jam of ideas in the studio. <BR/><BR/>I need supplies because I must paint and create, it is what I am on a basic level.<BR/><BR/>I am lucky that the commissions that I accpet (and the large scale murals I have painted, like Judith HeartSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950132362232278014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-43766479205493743082008-11-24T07:13:00.000-08:002008-11-24T07:13:00.000-08:00Resentment mode? Yes, I am glad that you said that...Resentment mode? Yes, I am glad that you said that because it's how I feel too. This is why it doesn't work for me as I feel resentment the whole time I am working - it's as if I have been asked to paint a bathroom as far as I am concerned. I don't think that the word resentment is too strong at all. It's the core of it for me.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, please feel free to make any constructive Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068141700005383278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-25999411397281737452008-11-24T06:38:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:38:00.000-08:00I know this is terrible philip, but I go into some...I know this is terrible philip, but I go into some kind of resentment mode and don't like or enjoy what I am doing. So I would say, yes I can't do them either.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-28708877906996335992008-11-24T06:19:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:19:00.000-08:00Many thanks for the review! I really appreciate it...Many thanks for the review! I really appreciate it!<BR/><BR/>By the way (again)I agree with all you say about commissions and think it sets out my view exactly. The only thing I would add is that I CAN'T do commissions. The odd time I have done it they turn out crap and I don't regard them as a piece of my work.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068141700005383278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-34949200519349861342008-11-24T06:03:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:03:00.000-08:00"Obviously, you are nothing like Damien Hirst then..."Obviously, you are nothing like Damien Hirst then."<BR/><BR/>No David LOL! Not at all! although I wouldn't mind picking up a bit of his marketing skills so I could sell all the paintings stuffed under the beds and in the closets LOL! <BR/><BR/>Hiay Elizabeth, thanks for dropping by. I once had a woman ask if I would do a family portrait, but can I not do anything weird to them in the painting. Ijafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-28151713011123002642008-11-24T06:01:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:01:00.000-08:00YES!YES!Leanne Piziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906128505167788108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-41525408220819089832008-11-24T05:26:00.000-08:002008-11-24T05:26:00.000-08:00Obviously, you are nothing like Damien Hirst then....Obviously, you are nothing like Damien Hirst then.David Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05590506597185115091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-40156549499048970452008-11-24T04:26:00.000-08:002008-11-24T04:26:00.000-08:00Excellent...I agree wholeheartly. Back when I was...Excellent...I agree wholeheartly. Back when I was painting full time, someone asked me if one of my paintings came in blue. <BR/><BR/>A true artist works from the heart not the pocketbook. I am a firm believer in: Do what you love and the money will follow.<BR/> <BR/>Thank you so much for sharing these succinct thoughts on commissions and creativity.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290840375668987380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-28382177928432804462008-11-23T21:40:00.000-08:002008-11-23T21:40:00.000-08:00Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Peace & Love...Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Peace & Love.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445908859005616046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-81967847457942533992008-11-23T14:45:00.000-08:002008-11-23T14:45:00.000-08:00power post :) in fact the last two are. nothing to...power post :) in fact the last two are. nothing to add, it was THAT good :)phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669096127325145722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22456780.post-55685331154739115432008-11-23T13:18:00.000-08:002008-11-23T13:18:00.000-08:00Hm... nice one! I have a friend who manages a visi...Hm... nice one! I have a friend who manages a visitor shop and tends to think a bit in sets of three and postcards sell well, Gesa, why don't you do sets of threes???<BR/>I may end up with sets of three, but they are - as you say - the result of a OMG... I wonder if...Gesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.com