I don’t normally make new years resolutions but I am trying to challenge and push myself more to be creative. For 2024 I gave myself a self imposed challenge to create one piece of artwork a month for the whole year. The only rule I gave myself is to produce and get it done without any restrictions about content, quality, style, material, subject matter, or worries about the product being “good”.
Not just in art, but in life, I get stuck on worrying if a project is considered “good”, so I never finish (and sometimes can’t even start). The additional sticking point with art is that I have no idea what is considered good but yet still feel compelled to create and be creative.
With that, we are now closing in on the end of April* and I have finished all four pieces for the year so far! I am now posting them (in this post) to keep myself accountable for the rest of the year.
*[Update: GOAL COMPLETE!!]
December
“Dino De La Lucha”
Woodcut Print on Paper
13 3/4”x 9 1/2”
November
“Spoonful of Saturn”
Collage on Watercolor Paper
12 3/4”x 15”
October
“Whale Be Watching”
Collage on watercolor paper
15”x 17”
September
“Desire”
Mixed media collage on wood panel
12”x 12”
August
“Chouchoux”
Acrylic, pastels, charcoal
18 3/4″ X 23″
July
“Bronto”
Acrylic, pastels
17 1/2″ X 30″
June
“Lisa”
Acrylic, thermal prints, assorted papers, pastels on cardboard
20″ X 30″
May
“Self Portrait #4”
Acrylic on board
22 1/2″ x 26 1/2″
April
“Hollow”
Acrylic on fabric with seed beads and resin
25″ x 29″
March
“Surfers Paradise”
Mixed Media Collage
24″ x 36″
February
“Cherish”
Mixed media collage, wood panel
24″ x 24″
January
“Dandy De La Lucha”
Mixed Media Collage
17.5″ x 21″
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