episode 7 of creative conversations
This week I am joined by artist Susan Hughes, who had organised an exhibition at Weymouth Library. We talk about the exhibition she has arranged and put on. About Weymouth artists group, ArtWey CIC and how she fits within this group. About the ArtWey Big Draw and cultural Olympiad project, ‘the Giant Wall’.
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We talk about being a professional artist, about finding your audience and selling your work. Susan talks about coming back to drawing and the influence that Betty Edwards’ method of drawing has had on her. We hear about her life drawing class and how working with a spreadsheet helped her convince herself that these classes could work. That artists should not be afraid of dealing with money, that a bit of a business head is good. But it is a struggle to manage all aspects of being an artist, of marketing, doing the admin, bookkeeping and finding time to produce your work.
The most important thing though is to just enjoy making work. To enjoy that quiet space to produce your work. To find a way to make it as enjoyable as you can and realise that it is going to be difficult.
