the first pic is my waxing table, which actually was my grandmother's art table - she was a water colorist - it feels good to have a piece of her in my workspace....
this is a picture of one of my storage chests - it's full of my tools, framing odds and ends and some of my colored pencils, crayons, etc. - plus the top is a catch all for everything I don't want to stumble on when I'm working.....
this is one small piece of wall space that is a holding area for wet paintings, and odds and ends of material I only use once in awhile.....
this is the floor behind my easel - work piled up that I'm using right now for my winter series...
this is a close up of my easel.......
my worktable and the remnants of a piece I worked on yesterday.....
another worktable that holds my brushes and stuff........
this is my workspace on any given day - it is never pristine, never really cleaned up - it is totally my way of working and I am so thankful for this humble little studio space - it's my sanctuary , my filling station, my art lab and so much more - hope you are all having a wonderful Monday and are looking forward to the new week!
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I love pictures of workspaces - and yours are wonderful! All looks so imaginative and I feel like to start with creative work immediately. thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the peek behind the curtain!
Loved seeing behind the scenes. In the fourth shot, I'm wanting to take a closer look at one of the pieces - middle front with a diagonal across the white. Wondering if it might make it back onto the easel again soon?
I got a lovely "lift" today looking at your workspace; which looks so inspiring...been having a bit of a difficult time getting into my own studio lately, not feeling the creative juices....so thanks for the boost...I am off to paint!
I envy your space...no must clean up and it is truly your space. Mine is in the center of the house and is shared space...even if just in others walking through. Nice legacy having your grandmother's art table and you can never have enough tools! These photos tell me how good it must be to return and pick up where you left off...wonderful...thank you! Loving the winter series!
Hi Jeane,
What they show is there's a lot crammed in and it's a place for WORK!
What a fabulous treat this is, Jeane..I can smell it, touch it, feel the texture..wonderful to see all the "tools".
good morning Mano, hope you painted and painted and painted - it's so good for the soul :)
Daryl, xxo :)
Hi Annie, actually those are all/were finished pieces, so it will make it back on the easel/table, only in a different form xxo
Hi Cynthia - well good, however, it's only a rare occasion that inspiration drives me to work - I just slog in everyday and start the process and feel like a weight has lifted after a couple of hours :)
may I say Mary Ann that you look great - the hair was a good idea - it's like all the parts of you have caught up with each other - isn't it funny how each of us is challenged with our spaces - so I guess that says that it's not the space, but the work we make in the spaces we have xxo
LOL! you have said it so well Derrick! it is definitely a place for work and most of the time hard work :)
good morning Lyn - thanks, I'm glad you got the sense of what I was trying to show - it's the use of the space that counts! xxo
Hi Tonya, I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks, :)
I love seeing the art spaces of other artists like me. So often we see glossy pictures of clean/color coordinated work spaces that are supposed to inspire but instead they tend to make us feel inferior. Seeing this glimpse into your world thrills me, I can relate to this, this get's my juices flowing. Thanks.
Ah. Sanctuary. I can see that so well in your photos. Thank you for sharing them.
Sometimes I like to think that the messier the studio the better the creative spirit can move and work there. It could be a kind of Quantum Mechanics thing--chaos and order in sync, perhaps.
Your studio is wonderful; it looks just like your art!
Hi Jennifer - so glad you could relate to this - my sort of space is probably more the norm for most of us :)
good morning Melinda - I love your idea of the Quantum Mechanics idea and yes, definitely a sanctuary space xxo
Kathy, that is a wonderful compliment, thank you :)
I love seeing into your world Jeane - thanks for sharing! My workspace is much the same...always cluttered, covered with remnants and paint, scattered with odds and ends of all sorts of projects and generally in a state of perpetual disarray. Your space looks like home to me:) It looks like a place to work and be creative. Funny how some of us can work in disordered chaos while others need pristine order.
Wonderful to get a glimpse of the space in which you create. It definitely has the feel of the studio of a "working artist"
I truly adored seeing your work space.To see the beauty that you organize so wonderfully out of the chaos that is art supplies.Don't you just love it? I know I do!
Mine looks more like this than I should admit, since it's inside my house,,,but that's okay,,,I just shut the door.
Thanks for showing us Jeane,,,it's perfect!
I love seeing your art space...it is so real! Great to see all of your bits and pieces at the ready and I LOVE your grandmothers table.
Jacky xox
good morning Erica - yes, I think we are akin in our styles of art and work for sure - thanks for coming by, xxo
Hi Seth - thanks and work is the operative word for sure! :)
thanks Babs, I'm glad you liked the little tour and isn't it nice to have a door you just close - sigh - :)
my grandmother would probably have heart failure if she saw the way her table looks now Jacky - boy have I added some patina - she was very orderly and I doubt she would think big globs of wax on the work surface a good idea - sometimes I have laid my work directly on the table over the wax and ironed over it right there - geez! good result though :)
It's refreshing to see a studio-space that looks....well, used! (and well used!)
The oh-so-clean and tidy ones n the magazines always kind of scare me.
LOL! me too Cynjon! :)
I am so glad to hear others say that they too find those photographed studios intimidating. Your space looks well used and not too cluttered with ornamental stuff, which is what bugs me the most about those magazine spaces, we're working here!!
Thanks for sharing your space with us; I love seeing the studios of other artists. For some reason I keep thinking that mine is the only one that looks like this, and everyone else's is the perfect picture of cleanliness and organization (like the ones in those books!). Also, I just want to mention how much I love your work!
Your workspace is energetic. I love that you have your grandmother's watercolor table.
Deb, Sharman and Shayla - thanks for coming by and I'm glad to know I'm not the only working artist with a working studio that would never make it into a magazine :)
this si so good, sooo interesting ... and your work of course just wonderful ... thnak you ... so glad i found your blog
Thank you so much for letting us take a peak of your work area. It's a pleasure.
-Building a house
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