rebellion

Rebellion
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Rebellion
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Here is the quote that was so ugly, I had to instantly defy it:

Anybody who paints and sees a sky green and pastures blue ought to be sterilized. ~Adolf Hitler
(1889 – 1945)

So, I of course needed to paint a blue tree, I’ve never painted an all blue tree before so it’s a good
thing. I never in a million years would have thought that a quote from the Evil Adolph, would
inspire me to create, but here it is. Just goes to show that you don’t know, what you don’t know.

Then I read this quote:

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in
the physical.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

Source: Letter to James Madison, 1787

and I knew I was on the right path. Being in the studio and working like I do is an active act of
rebellion! I will work my day job and do my very best to be my personal best at it, but art is my
life. It is my talisman, my touchstone. It is my life line in a dark world. So…take that (BAM!)
social standards, I am the BAD! Kitty and I have a mighty rebel yell, oh yeah, and I’m not afraid
to use it.

I think a blue tree is just what I needed to take the edge off this sepia tinted reality. The lighter
shades you see on the tree is really silver not white, it’s starkly but only a little bit, not too much.
My ability to take pictures of my work is not as good as my skills at creating the art itself. Such
is life, and that means that all my patrons say the same thing when they get their new art…”It’s
so much BETTER in person!” yes, that’s because I suck at picture taking. Sheesh.

I only paint trees when I am thinking about something internally, really hard. I don’t know why
this is true, it just is. This tree is representational of my inner conversations with my soul. The
world I was born into, well it wasn’t that into me, you know….So, being that I am who and what I
am….

I just created my own world, instead. Put that in your little red wagon. My work is not about
solving problems or answering big questions or being the smartest or the most perfect….it’s about
the moment, it IS the big questions, it is also my revelations and rebellions. Maybe that will mean
something to you too, and if so, that’s just wonderful. Hello kindred soul, nice to meet you. If it
means nothing to you, that’s no skin off my back. I refuse to continue to treat my art business as
just a money- making enterprise. It is my life’s work, if it resonates with you (or maybe just
matches your decor) take out your wallet and buy it. I am letting go of making money, I am
embracing my real self, and that person may not sell a lot of art, maybe she will, who knows? I
don’t care any more; my intellectual freedom and talents are not up for sale, just the artworks
that will come from that magical place. If I make money, great, if I don’t, it does not mean I am
not a successful artist, it means my kids will make a ton of cash when I am dead.

I feel so much better, letting this years sales and numbers go…I feel free again, I feel like me
again. I paint because I have too. It’s just that simple. If you like it, I have made it super easy to
own original art, so… I guess if you like what you see…just do it.

Thanks for being here today,
Heather

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