Art Is Everywhere

 " You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water"

And you can't make a painting simply by looking at your paints.  But you can do a quick sketch every morning and you can do art so many other ways.

You can do art other ways as well.  I was reminded of that this morning as I was reading an email sent to me by one of the Gallery Uptown artists, Chris Brown. He wrote: "To me art is every day. I may not do my oil pastels today, but I may cook dinner, trim a few bonsai's, drive to the lake or farmlands and take few photos. Art is everywhere."

I was reminded of my smile this morning as I looked out at the shadows the sunshine was making on the snow in our back yard.  It's rare, sunshine in winter in Michigan, and much appreciated when we are lucky enough to get it.

Looking through images for inspiration is another way of doing art, sometimes one stands out, sometimes not but the looking at images of things that have inspired me at one time or another is enjoying art so that counts.

Breakfast with friends is another I think.  Sometimes the conversation -- or the art on the walls --or the decor on the tables.  Sometimes it's just a bush waiting for Spring when it will begin to bloom again.

Parts of this one may be my morning sketch tomorrow.  I usually post those on instagram and sometimes on Facebook.

And speaking of posting and Chris Brown, I got the email from him because the Gallery Uptown is bringing back it's blog.  The Gallery is celebrating 50 years in business and among other things the blog will be featuring a bit of artist history.  We're doing interviews via email and I got a return from Chris this morning.  Watch the gallery blog for some interesting reading.