The Inspiration & Procrastination behind the Vintage Series

The new vintage series has been in and around my studio for almost two years. It has been piled up on tables, moved around, put out of site, and worked on sporadically over that time.

This series isn’t large, it is 15 pieces in total. So why did it take me so long to complete? That is a good question. One that I’m not entirely sure how to answer or explain. The easiest and most concise answer is life happened. The more complicated answer brings me to the concept behind this series.

This series is about words, quotes, and poems that inspire me. While the vintage elements are also key ingredients to this series I wanted each art piece to say something and to have a deeper meaning. I needed to be in the right head space to work on this series. And to be completely honest and as transparent as possible it took me awhile to get back to that place. Throughout this process my little happy world kept getting turned upside down. I did not want to force this series just to get it done. I wanted it to represent all of the meanings behind those words I initially found and wanted to use. So I let each piece sit, sometimes for days and sometimes for months, until I was ready to give that art piece my full creative attention. I still wanted to create so i worked on other pieces in the meantime. I can’t sit idle and not create, but this series required more attention. I, like so many artists, am sensitive person and feel things very strongly. So again,being as transparent as possible, I wanted to work from this feeling space, but I was feeling too much already to focus on the words, quotes, and poems.

This spring I went thru another life altering event. This time it involved my health and was again absolutely nothing I could have controlled or prevented. After I was fully recovered I decided it was time to give this series my full attention. I can’t fully explain why all of the sudden I was ready to finish the series. Maybe I realized life is too short, I was tired of procrastinating, and ready to face the feelings. I think the best explanation is I was just ready to get my happy little world spinning again, albeit a bit wobbly, but its spinning again.

See the entire Series here