When I lived on the coast the cost of living and the rate of
income I had both left quite a lot to be desired. In order to fill in the gaps I began doing
all manner of art work to help pay the bills.
I soon found that people loved the wood burning designs, they also loved
my pencil work, but when it comes to actually spending their money they tend to
gravitate towards color designs. I took
a chance using some colored pencils on some of the wood that I would normally
have worked on with my burner.
I discovered that it was comparable to the amount of work
that the wood burning designs were, but were simply different in their
execution, and easier in some regards due to the fact that the lead does not
sink into the softer portions of the wood as the wood burner does. The colors take somewhat longer to blend
correctly and some are harder to achieve, unlike the wood burning which is only
dark or light.
The Customer
I suppose the old saying it’s not what you like, it’s what
the customer likes applies there. I
showed my work in the Currituck Wildlife Festival and found out first hand that
everyone loves and adores the wood burning and the pencil art, but without really
admiring or complimenting much the color work somehow they just bought it hands
down more than the other.
I suppose that’s got something to do with God’s use of color
in the world, and in the animals that I portray in my art work. He draws the human eye to these colors and
paints the world around us in plenty of color variety. While I can never equal his artistic touch I
have tried to imitate and come up with some designs that are aesthetically
pleasing and I suppose imitation is the truest form of flattery.
2 Chronicles 2:7
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