What Comes First? The Chicken or the ?
Have you ever wondered what inspires an artist? Like why do they paint a particular scene or subject matter? Toss of a coin? A dream? I never really knew what came first the chicken or the egg and as cliche as that expression is I actually found out.
With The Artist France, a particular work of art was serendipitous.
I'm on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters. One evening, I was chatting with another member at an event. He knew I was representing artists and told me about his parent's upcoming anniversary.
"Can your artist do something with wood or metal?"
I remembered reading on Linkedin and of course savvy sayings on Pinterest a quote from Richard Branson, "If someone offers you an amazing opportunity, but you are not sure you can do it, say yes- then learn how to do it later!"
This is naturally how I fly- I jump in, confident my wings will take flight. But it's different when you're counting on someone else. Like a new artist who sketches and paints. Could he work with wood and metal? And "would" he want to?
I was pretty confident The Artist France could. Okay, I had my fingers crossed hoping my new talented client and fast-becoming friend would have my spontaneous spirit and trust his gut instincts and jump- blindfolded.
I sent him a teasing text to peak his curiosity. Then a picture that the board member gave me just to give him a bit of an idea. And as my gut instinct told me when I decided to represent him, he gave me an enthusiastic yes. But...(there's always a but,right?) he needed more details. Okay, a lot of details.
After writing to my colleague, he gave me a laundry list about his parents and by the way, "Can the artist incorporate ALL of this?" And so came another Ah ha moment. I believe it's both. Sometimes you get a chicken. Sometimes you get an egg. And for my artist, he had one heck of an omelet with an a la c'arte list to choke a pig. There was so much information, and details he needed to include in this commissioned work, I thought I'd have to give him the proverbial Heimlich maneuver from this enormous mountain of delicious detail because he'd be choking on the huge want list.
After much texting and talking it was time for France to meet the client with his rendering and get the thumbs up. After some tweaking, France returned to his studio to complete the project. I knew my artist would come through for me because frankly I wouldn't look very attractive with egg on my face!
With The Artist France, a particular work of art was serendipitous.
I'm on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters. One evening, I was chatting with another member at an event. He knew I was representing artists and told me about his parent's upcoming anniversary.
"Can your artist do something with wood or metal?"
I remembered reading on Linkedin and of course savvy sayings on Pinterest a quote from Richard Branson, "If someone offers you an amazing opportunity, but you are not sure you can do it, say yes- then learn how to do it later!"
This is naturally how I fly- I jump in, confident my wings will take flight. But it's different when you're counting on someone else. Like a new artist who sketches and paints. Could he work with wood and metal? And "would" he want to?
I was pretty confident The Artist France could. Okay, I had my fingers crossed hoping my new talented client and fast-becoming friend would have my spontaneous spirit and trust his gut instincts and jump- blindfolded.
I sent him a teasing text to peak his curiosity. Then a picture that the board member gave me just to give him a bit of an idea. And as my gut instinct told me when I decided to represent him, he gave me an enthusiastic yes. But...(there's always a but,right?) he needed more details. Okay, a lot of details.
After writing to my colleague, he gave me a laundry list about his parents and by the way, "Can the artist incorporate ALL of this?" And so came another Ah ha moment. I believe it's both. Sometimes you get a chicken. Sometimes you get an egg. And for my artist, he had one heck of an omelet with an a la c'arte list to choke a pig. There was so much information, and details he needed to include in this commissioned work, I thought I'd have to give him the proverbial Heimlich maneuver from this enormous mountain of delicious detail because he'd be choking on the huge want list.
After much texting and talking it was time for France to meet the client with his rendering and get the thumbs up. After some tweaking, France returned to his studio to complete the project. I knew my artist would come through for me because frankly I wouldn't look very attractive with egg on my face!
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| The Artist France & Client with Commissioned Work-in-Progress |
Heidi
Goldman Fine Art Agency
heidigoldmanfineart@gmail.com
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