#cape cod sunset

Cape Cod Sunset

Artist: Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Date: 1934

Medium: Oil on canvas

Capt Jack's Wharf Provincetown, Cape Cod Massachusetts

“Cape Cod Sunset,” Edward Hopper, 1934

Oil on canvas.

As I continue to create new art I find my practice has evolved a lot over the last few years, as has my approach to the whole process. Wanting to be an artist was something I knew about myself from a very young age but would wind up repressing for many years before pursuing wholeheartedly. Repressing this desire was not necessarily something I wanted to do but grew up to believe I had to do, “coz you can’t make a living being an artist” was a statement that while unwelcome, lived comfortably in my head. Until of course, I shifted my way of thinking and my attitude on the whole subject. Deep down in my heart I knew that statement wasn’t true but I allowed it to become my truth and hold me back. And even after breaking from those chains I wasn’t creating overnight and I sure wasn’t being kind or supportive to myself with what I was creating. I’ve come a long way since then, and I have discovered the sacred joy of loving my own art. A Sweet Farewell is this week’s New Art Tuesday, and evokes in me a tenderness I think we need more of. While grand and impressive, let us not forget to be sweet and gentle.

http://bit.ly/ASweetFarewell xo,